Since ICD-10 implementation affects almost every department in a medical practice or hospital, it's fair to say that it's more than a medical coding problem. There are plenty of challenges to tackle ...

Five top challenges of ICD-10 have been outlined by PatientKeeper, a data management system for physicians, at their User Group Conference for financial applications in Denver, Colo. The conference, ...

Steve Claypool, MD, is vice president of clinical development and informatics, and Allison Errickson, CPC-H, is director of coding compliance and content, Clinical Solutions Division, for ProVation ...

Debbi Meisner, vice president of regulatory compliance for Emdeon, discusses three challenges every hospital should be discussing in preparation for ICD-10. 1. System upgrades. According to Ms.

The delay in implementing ICD-10 may give providers some breathing room, but they still need to address the challenges of changing their electronic health records to handle the upgraded coding, ...

In an interview with Medscape, Kevin Weinstein, MBA, vice president of revenue cycle management technology company ZirMed, discussed three challenges facing physicians in regards to ICD-10 ...

Healthcare system managers know that the hardest part of moving to ICD-10 will be training physicians to document their work in ways that facilitate appropriate coding. Physicians are not necessarily ...

With the vastly increased specificity of ICD-10, these changes will result in some degree of pain for coders and clinicians alike. Physicians and coders who work in specialties that see a lot of ...

Many physicians deal with patients' injuries, ranging from tick removal by a primary care physician to a broken leg treated by an emergency department physician or the injuries and wounds of varying ...