CHIEF ICD-10 Implementation Plan: 5 Steps to Success!( for Physicians and Outpatient Coding) As your CHIEF trainer for ICD-10, we will guide your practice and providers through the implementation process to help ensure your practice is ready on October 1, 2015! Our AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainers will utilize the CHIEF ICD-10 Implementation Plan, and work closely…
S92.411A — Displaced fracture of proximal phalanx of right great toe, initial encounter for closed fracture
W20.8XXA — Other cause of strike by thrown, projected or falling object, initial encounter
Todd Welter laughs about it now. When first approached about offering his “Fundamentals of Managed Care” course online for students in Regis’ Division of Health Services Administration, he admits he was resistant.
The U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced on Thursday that Medicare will begin accepting a revised CMS-1500 form (version 02/12) on January 6, 2014. Embedded in this is a requirement for some healthcare IT vendors to start supporting a component of the International Classification of Diseases version 10 (ICD-10)…
S93.411A – Sprain of calcaneofibular ligament of right ankle, initial encounter.
W03.XXXA – Other fall on same level due to collision with another person, initial encounter.
Y93.61 – Activity, American tackle football.
For the ICD-10 transition to be successful, there will need to be a huge effort on the part of medical coders, IT staff, and physicians to put all the pieces together. However, the new code set also presents an opportunity for healthcare organizations to make some big-picture decisions about the future of data governance and…
T20.16XA – Burn of first degree of forehead and cheek, initial encounter X03.0XXA – Exposure to flames in controlled fire, not in building or structure, initial encounter Y93.G2 – Activity, grilling and smoking food Y92.017 – Garden or yard in single-family (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external cause. In preparation for…
Under the current fee-for-service (FFS) payment system, specialists developed practice styles and business models that flourished by maximizing the delivery of highly reimbursed services. Specialists today, however, are likely to be concerned about forthcoming global payment models that are designed to reduce the inexorable increase in health care expenditures by promoting high-value services, eliminating low-value…
S61.452A — Open bite of left hand, initial encounter. W55.21XA — Bitten by cow, initial encounter. Y93.K2 — Activity, milking an animal. Y92.73 — Farm field as the place of occurrence of the external cause. In preparation for the upcoming deadline for ICD-10 implementation, RT Welter presents weekly ICD-10 Codes of the Week! Our…
S93.431A — Sprain of tibiofibular ligament of right ankle, initial encounter W03.XXXA — Other fall on same level due to collision with another person, initial encounter Y93.41 — Activity, dancing Y92.252 — Music hall as the place of occurrence of the external cause In preparation for the upcoming deadline for ICD-10 implementation, RT Welter…