To help with the transition to the ICD-10 coding system, CMS has announced a partial code set freeze beginning in Oct. 2011, according to AHA News and other industry reports. The schedule outlined by ...

Ready or not, the U.S. healthcare industry is poised to flip the switch from the ICD-9 to the ICD-10 diagnostic and procedural coding system on Oct. 1, significantly changing how billions of dollars ...

This can be done by performing simple documentation audits comparing ICD-9 coding and documentation with its ICD-10 counterpart and taking note of the gaps. In its entirety, the ICD-10 code set has ...