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ICD-10 Coding

ICD-10 Coding

Denial Tracking

With Grace Period Over, Denial Tracking Is the Answer

On Oct. 1, you lost the ICD-10 reporting grace period that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) granted to help ease you into complying with the new diagnosis coding system. So, why should you care? For the past year, you’ve been receiving payments for claims that were coded close to the target.  All […]
Published Date: October 18, 2016
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ICD-10-CM Code

Laterality Frequently Unlocks ICD-10-CM Code Accuracy

To get your claims reimbursed, payers demand that you be as specific as possible with your ICD-10-CM code assignment. Often this means you must identify laterality and accurately adjust your coding to avoid claim denials and payer audits. When CMS implemented ICD-10, the number of diagnosis codes went from 14,000 to 68,000 — a massive jump. […]
Published Date: September 20, 2016
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1,212 Injury Diagnosis Codes Changes

Make the 1,212 Injury Diagnosis Codes Changes Work for You

On Oct. 1, not only will your ICD-10 grace period end, but you also will have 1,212 injury code changes to comply with. That means you have no time to procrastinate, and you must ensure you’re ready … or you could be facing hefty denials. Almost every healthcare provider reports injury ICD-10 codes. And these […]
Published Date: August 23, 2016
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ICD-10 Test Claims Submitted

CMS Accept 89% of ICD-10 Test Claims Submitted

On June 2, 2014, CMS Acting Director, Niall Brennan, posted some exciting ICD-10 testing results to the CMS website. In summary, based on 2,600 participants, CMS accepted 89% of the more than 127,000 claims that were submitted with ICD-10 diagnoses. Brennan also posted that, “HHS expects to release an interim final rule….that would require the […]
Published Date: July 21, 2016
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