ICD-10, an international disease coding system, is mandated for adoption in the U.S. by Oct. 1, 2014, and will require health care organizations to switch from the soon-to-be outdated ICD-9. Srividya ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Truven Health Analytics, formerly the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters, announced the publication of a new whitepaper that defines best practices for helping ...

Many rare diseases don't have an ICD code, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at NIH is exploring ways to best expand those codes to benefit rare disease patients and ...

These new codes will allow for improved clinical documentation, insurance reimbursement, and health system recognition of the unique and complex needs of patients living with Fontan physiology. "This ...

HOUSTON, Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Procyrion, Inc., a medical device company dedicated to improving outcomes for patients with cardiac and renal impairment, announced today it has successfully ...

The maternal mortality rate in the United States has climbed — or appeared to have climbed — during the last decade to such an extent that by 2013, it surpassed the rates in Iran, Kazakhstan, Libya, ...

SEOUL, South Korea, April 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mezzion Pharmaceuticals, a global leader in the development of therapies for patients with single ventricle heart disease, announces a transformative ...