Jitesh Chawla, MD. would be the first one to say this is a major "trial period" for fellow medical colleagues due to the ever increasing requirements from the governement.
Most providers of small practices don’t have the time or resource to fully understand how ICD-10 will impact them. In this article, I will explore this very important topic and provide suggestions for providers of how to prepare for ICD-10 compliance.
The intention behind ICD-10 is to provide a tool that would provide a more detailed, accurate code to match the actual diagnosis. As disease diagnosis has become more specific, ICD-9 codes appear to be obsolete and often don't describe the condition accurately.
The law states for all organizations covered under the 5010 electronic transactions version instead of the older 4010/4010A versions. If you are not familiar with this terminology, please check with your billing manger or practice management software vendor.
ICD-10 is divided into 2 areas: clinical modification (CM) and inpatient procedure coding system (PCS). Inpatient procedure codes are not affected. Outpatient codes are still represented under the current system. ICD-10 is more specific on anatomical location, specificity of diagnosis, etc. To put this into perspective, take for example, if a patient was had a furuncle (boil) on the face and went to the dermatologist. The same patient then returned a few weeks later and had a carbuncle. In ICD-9, the same code would be used which is 680.0. In ICD-10 (specificity of the condition) would be recorded. The furuncle would be L02.92 and carbuncle would be L02.93. Furthermore, ICD-10 would enable you to record which encounter (initial versus subsequent).
The basic structure of the ICD-10 code is:
Characters 1-3: the category, 4-6: cause of problem, body part affected, severity of illness, 7: Place for extension of the code
Some EMR systems have a connection with live database and so a switch to ICD-10 will not affect the users when picking a diagnosis for their note. However, with EMRs that don’t have this link to the live database, the issue is how to migrate the codes into the system. A strategy would be to use transition tables which provide the ICD-10 equivalent to the ICD-9 code since there is no way to convert the codes. ICD 10 Code Translator . Just plug in the ICD-9 code and it will convert it to the equivalent ICD-10 code. This provides enough relevant background for most people about ICD-10 and the issues surrounding it. Please be sure to examine the table below that compares ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. For providers, health care staff
Most providers of small practices don’t have the time or resource to fully understand how ICD-10 will impact them. In this article, I will explore this very important topic and provide suggestions for providers of how to prepare for ICD-10 compliance.
The intention behind ICD-10 is to provide a tool that would provide a more detailed, accurate code to match the actual diagnosis. As disease diagnosis has become more specific, ICD-9 codes appear to be obsolete and often don't describe the condition accurately.
The law states for all organizations covered under the 5010 electronic transactions version instead of the older 4010/4010A versions. If you are not familiar with this terminology, please check with your billing manger or practice management software vendor.
ICD-10 is divided into 2 areas: clinical modification (CM) and inpatient procedure coding system (PCS). Inpatient procedure codes are not affected. Outpatient codes are still represented under the current system. ICD-10 is more specific on anatomical location, specificity of diagnosis, etc. To put this into perspective, take for example, if a patient was had a furuncle (boil) on the face and went to the dermatologist. The same patient then returned a few weeks later and had a carbuncle. In ICD-9, the same code would be used which is 680.0. In ICD-10 (specificity of the condition) would be recorded. The furuncle would be L02.92 and carbuncle would be L02.93. Furthermore, ICD-10 would enable you to record which encounter (initial versus subsequent).
The basic structure of the ICD-10 code is:
Characters 1-3: the category, 4-6: cause of problem, body part affected, severity of illness, 7: Place for extension of the code
Some EMR systems have a connection with live database and so a switch to ICD-10 will not affect the users when picking a diagnosis for their note. However, with EMRs that don’t have this link to the live database, the issue is how to migrate the codes into the system. A strategy would be to use transition tables which provide the ICD-10 equivalent to the ICD-9 code since there is no way to convert the codes. ICD 10 Code Translator . Just plug in the ICD-9 code and it will convert it to the equivalent ICD-10 code. This provides enough relevant background for most people about ICD-10 and the issues surrounding it. Please be sure to examine the table below that compares ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. For providers, health care staff
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