In February 2016, just four months after ICD-10 go-live, sister publication HIM Briefings (formerly Medical Records Briefing ) asked a range of healthcare professionals to weigh in on their productivity in ICD-9 versus ICD-10.
The new modifier -PO (services, procedures, and/or surgeries furnished at off-campus provider-based outpatient departments [PBD]) and the alternative payment provisions under the Bipartisan Budget Act Section 603 are both related to off-campus PBDs but define "off-campus PBD" slightly differently.
