SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), an alliance representing 90 percent of the nation’s nonprofit academic medical centers, has expanded its agreement with 3M ...
A national organization representing healthcare CIOs and other senior IT leaders is upset about U.S. government plans to delay a deadline requiring a new medical coding system. The College of ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a final rule that replaces the ICD-9-CM code set with ICD-10 code sets. The final rule sets a compliance date for the ICD-10 code sets ...
The new system called ICD-10 is the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases used to classify medical conditions and procedures. The implementation is the first nationwide update ...
In a move that heralds sweeping change in how medical bills are coded, the Department of Health and Human Services has announced a proposal to begin using ICD-10 code sets effective Oct. 1, 2011. The ...
About 10 percent of claims filed under ICD-10 have been denied since the coding vocabulary became the norm on October 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Thursday, though only a ...