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 ...

Please can you give a brief overview of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10)? ICD-10 is the tenth revision to the World Health ...

When it comes to ICD-10 and ICD-11, there are generally two camps. There are those that believe ICD-10 is a necessary coding step to take, and all hospitals and providers should make the steady ...

Medical coders use a standardized classification system to code patient information for insurance claims, databases and registries. Most employers, such as hospitals, physicians' offices and other ...

The fiscal year 2021 update to the ICD-10-CM code set introduced new codes to describe cytokine release syndrome (CRS), also known as a cytokine storm. A version of this article was first published ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday said it will not deny claims under the Part B physician fee schedule based on ICD-10 coding errors, a decision supported by bitter 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 ...