The transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM on Oct. 1, 2013, will affect every step in the ASC surgical process. To prepare, surgery centers should start planning now — not just for transitioning their ...
Lolita Jones, RHIA, CSS, independent coding and billing consultant, discusses five ways ICD-10 will affect patient surgical encounters in an ambulatory surgery center. This article is the third ...
The International Classification of Diseases, or ICD, is a classification system for all physical and mental diseases produced by the World Health Organization (WHO). It’s used for diagnosis, research ...