WASHINGTON – Complex rehab technology (CRT) stakeholders were pleasantly surprised when CMS recently removed the ICD-10 ...

The coding of medical diagnosis and treatment has always been a challenging issue. Translating a patient’s complex symptoms, and a clinician’s efforts to address them, into a clear and unambiguous ...

MADISON, WI--(Marketwired - Sep 26, 2014) - Amphion Medical Solutions, a leading provider of advanced transcription and coding solutions and services, announced today it is now offering Intermediate ...

October is the first month health insurers and medical-care providers have to use new government-mandated ICD-10 medical codes. With reports that some weren't ready for the rollout, any glitches in ...

The Social Security Administration has spent the past 10 years cutting its rate of errors nearly in half for the medical diagnosis coding used for millions of disability benefit recipients. But now ...

An ectopic pregnancy is reported using an ICD-10-CM code from category O00.- (ectopic pregnancy), which is divided into five subcategories. A version of this article was first published January 15, ...

The new deadline for using the new coding system is Oct. 1, 2014. It was moved up from Oct. 1, 2013. Even earlier, the deadline was October 1, 2011. Which organizations are under the new code? ICD-10 ...

One of the issues that doesn't come up very often when discussing ICD-10 implementation is fraud. A simple definition refers to incidents where people get more money than they are entitled to. It's ...