COVER STORY – ICD-10 – HOSPITALS
The switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10
How to reduce claims and coding errors.
As the healthcare industry undergoes conversion from about 17,000 ICD-9 codes to more than 155,000 ICD-10 codes on Oct. 1, 2013, we asked our panel of experts the following question:
As we continue transitioning to ICD-10, what are the best ways to reduce claims and coding errors?
ICD-10 – HOSPITALSICD-10: A master data challenge
ICD -10 is mandated at a difficult time of many changes.
By John Wollman
How agile is your claims adjudication system
Business process management technology can ultimately replace core systems at reduced risk.
By Elizabeth Hart
The drive to coding complianc
Three ways to ignite coding performance.
By Cathy Brownfield, RHIA, CCS; and Alice Zentner, RHIA
EHR certification:
Getting comfortable with the concept
An understanding of what certification is and isn’t, how it differs from meaningful use and what long-term benefits it could bring.
By Rik Drummond
They said I was sick; turns out it was just a code
by Phil Colpas
THOUGHT LEADERSMeeting REMS head on
by Scot Walker, PharmD, MS, BCPS
