The implementation of ICD-10 will transform the practice of medicine itself. The first major alteration to the International Classification of Diseases in decades is arriving. Or, more accurately, it ...
No two patients are the same. Furthermore, therapists know well that no two patients with dementia are ever the same. We have long awaited greater specificity in coding for the persons we serve daily ...
In 2011, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles did what many providers were hesitant to do: It decided to tackle ICD-10 as an inevitable change and began its work to transition to the new system.