Optum ICD-10 Core Education delivers comprehensive training to prepare physicians, coders and other staff affected by the transition to ICD-10 Three levels of instruction introduce ICD-10 concepts, ...

NueMD launched the ICD-10 Training Lab, an online tool that helps healthcare professionals get ready for the ICD-10 transition. 1. The tool has a robust code search as well as numerous training games.

1. Ask outsourced coding vendors for documentation on ICD-10 transition plans. Many ASCs outsource their coding to third-party vendors, meaning surgery center leaders must speak to vendors about their ...

AAPC has introduced online training modules for ICD-10-CM anatomy and pathophysiology as coders prepare for ICD-10 implementation, according to an AAPC report.

Developed by ICD-10 coding experts at Contexo Media, the comprehensive course library serves as a robust “roadmap”, taking students from the basics of ICD-10 to proficiency in a matter of hours, not ...

Implementation planning for ICD-10 should precede code set training because the planning process will take much longer, according to an AAPC report. Kim Reid, CPC, CPMA, CEMC, CPC-I, director of ...

Ambience Healthcare rolled out an ICD-10 clinical document integrity assistant for inpatient care, aiming to help hospitalists document more accurate clinical notes and reduce billing and coding ...

The grace period legislation, HR 2652, titled "Protecting Patients and Physicians Against Coding Act of 2015," came out in early June and seeks to create a two-year grace period where healthcare ...

The fiscal year 2021 update to the ICD-10-CM code set introduced new codes to describe cytokine release syndrome (CRS), also known as a cytokine storm. A version of this article was first published ...