ICD-10 News: Use ICD-10 on 10/1 to Successfully Bill for Your Services

News Updates | September 18, 2015
Use ICD-10 on October 1 to Successfully Bill for Your Services ICD-10 is less than 15 days away. With the deadline so near, now is the time to ensure that you can use ICD-10 to successfully bill for your services. The infographic below highlights ways to make sure your systems are ready, your staff can code using ICD-10, and your clinicians are familiar with ICD-10 coding and documentation concepts. Keep Up to Date on ICD-10Visit the CMS ICD-10 website and Roadto10.org for the latest news and resources to help you prepare, including the ICD-10 Quick Start Guide. Sign up for CMS ICD-10 Email Updates and follow us on Twitter.

ICD-10 News: Are Your Clinicians Familiar with ICD-10 Coding and Documentation Concepts?

News Updates | September 17, 2015
Are Your Clinicians Familiar with ICD-10 Coding and Documentation Concepts? ICD-10 is less than 15 days away. Are your clinicians familiar with ICD-10 coding and documentation concepts? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a new infographic to help you get familiar with ICD-10 clinical documentation concepts. If the documentation does not support the increased specificity required by ICD-10, you may not be able to successfully bill for your services. Clinical Concepts Guides for Specialties ICD-10 codes require clinicians to capture concepts like laterality, severity, and more. To help you get ready for clinical documentation using these concepts, CMS has released a series of Clinical Concepts guides: Family Practice Internal Medicine Cardiology OB/GYN Orthopedics Pediatrics Keep Up to Date on ICD-10Visit the CMS ICD-10 website and Roadto10.org for the latest news and resources to help you prepare, including the ICD-10 Quick Start Guide. Sign up for CMS ICD-10 Email Updates and follow us on Twitter.
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Get ICD-10 Answers in One Place

The MLN Connects® Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, September 17, 2015 Can't view the image? Read the eNews! View this edition as a PDF In This Edition: Countdown to ICD-10 Physician Orders for Lab, Radiology Services, and Other Services after ICD-10 Implementation Use of Unspecified Codes in ICD-10-CM Get ICD-10 Answers in One Place MLN Connects® National Provider Calls and Events Hospital Inpatient and LTCH PPS FY 2016 Final Rule Call — Last Chance to Register Medicare Quality Reporting Programs: 2017 Payment Adjustments Call — Last Chance to Register Dialysis Facility Compare: Rollout of Five Star Rating Call — Register Now 2014 Supplemental QRUR Physician Feedback Program Call — Register Now Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act — Registration Now Open Other CMS Events Physician Compare Public Reporting Information Sessions Medicare Learning Network Webinar: Medicare Basics for New Providers Part Three: Medicare Claim Review Programs, POE, and Protecting the Medicare Trust Fund  Announcements Medicare-Covered Cardiovascular Disease Preventive Services Healthy Aging Month — Discuss Preventive Services with your Patients CMS Releases Plan to Address Health Equity in Medicare Early Flu Treatment Reduces Hospitalization Time, Disability Risk in Older People 2016 PQRS Payment Adjustment and Informal Review Process Million Hearts: Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model Application Deadline Extension  Medicare Learning Network® Educational Products “Medicare-Required SNF PPS Assessments” Educational Tool — Released “Opting out of Medicare and/or Electing to Order and Certify Items and Services to Medicare Beneficiaries” MLN Matters Article — Revised Like the eNews? Have suggestions? Please let us know! The Medicare Learning Network®, MLN Connects®, and MLN Matters® are registered trademarks of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ICD-10 News: Can Your Staff Code in ICD-10?

News Updates | September 16, 2015
Can Your Staff Code in ICD-10? ICD-10 is less than 15 days away. Can your staff code in ICD-10? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a new infographic to help you answer this question. If your team is not ready to code in ICD-10, you may not be able to successfully bill for your services. As with ICD-9, ample resources are available to assist you with coding for ICD-10. Official government coding guidelines cover: Diagnosis coding – ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting 2016 Procedure coding – ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting 2016 American Hospital Association Coding Clinic Resources: You may submit coding questions to the American Hospital Association’scodingclinicadvisor.com or view AHA’s free webinars (registration is required). When contacting the Coding Clinic Advisor, be sure to include documentation and specify whether your question refers to a specific setting like a skilled nursing facility or home health services. Please note that the Coding Clinic Advisor will not respond to inquiries that include personal health information (PHI) or the names of providers or health care facilities. Sample ICD-10-CM Superbill Keep Up to Date on ICD-10Visit the CMS ICD-10 website and Roadto10.org for the latest news and resources to help you prepare, including the ICD-10 Quick Start Guide. Sign up for CMS ICD-10 Email Updates and follow us on Twitter.

ICD-10 News: Are Your Systems Ready for October 1?

News Updates | September 15, 2015
Are Your Systems Ready for ICD-10 on October 1? ICD-10 is 15 days away. Are your systems ready? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is releasing a new infographic to help you successfully bill for your services. If your systems are not ready and you are unable to submit claims with ICD-10 codes, now is the time to explore your options for submitting ICD-10 claims. Keep Up to Date on ICD-10Visit the CMS ICD-10 website and Roadto10.org for the latest news and resources to help you prepare, including the ICD-10 Quick Start Guide. Sign up for CMS ICD-10 Email Updates and follow us on Twitter.
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Road to 10: Coding and Clinical Documentation Resources

The MLN Connects® Provider eNews contains important news, announcements, and updates for health care professionals. Thursday, September 10, 2015 Can't view the image? Read the eNews! View this edition as a PDF In This Edition: Countdown to ICD-10 Updated Results for ICD-10 End-to-End Testing Week in July ICD-10 Coding and Clinical Documentation Resources New Webcasts Cover Dental, Lab, Pharmacy, and Radiology Services Audio Recording and Written Transcript from August 27 MLN Connects Call Available Finding ICD-10 Information Online Just Got Easier Revised ICD-10 Products Now Available in Hard Copy Format MLN Connects® National Provider Calls and Events Overview of the 2014 Annual Quality and Resource Use Reports Webcast — Last Chance to Register Hospital Inpatient and LTCH PPS FY 2016 Final Rule Call — Register Now Medicare Quality Reporting Programs: 2017 Payment Adjustments Call — Register Now Dialysis Facility Compare: Rollout of Five Star Rating Call — Registration Now Open 2014 Supplemental QRUR Physician Feedback Program Call — Registration Now Open Announcements HIV Screening for Older Adults and Others with Medicare 2014 Annual Quality and Resource Use Reports Available Soon CMS to Release CBR on Orthopedic Surgeons’ Use of Modifiers 24 and 25 in September Claims, Pricers, and Codes Delay in Implementing Single Chamber and Dual Chamber Cardiac Pacemakers Medicare Learning Network® Educational Products “Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB)” Web-Based Training Course — Revised “HIPAA EDI Standards” Web-Based Training Course — Revised Like the eNews? Have suggestions? Please let us know! The Medicare Learning Network®, MLN Connects®, and MLN Matters® are registered trademarks of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).