Friday, September 18, 2015

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

ICD-10
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.
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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:
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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