After several delays, ICD-10 implementation is finally upon us. The healthcare industry has spent years planning, training, and testing--and now the moment we have all been waiting for has arrived. But don't breathe a sigh of relief just yet.
The annual incidence of an initial venous thromboembolism (VTE) event, either a pulmonary embolus (PE) or a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), is approximately 0.1% in the United States, with the highest incidence among the elderly and a recurrence rate of about 7% at six months.
I have been musing recently about things I've written for this journal over the past years. Hard to believe I've been doing monthly educational articles regarding the clinical aspects of coding since about 2002.
