Do you remember the Y2K scare? Vendors and information technology staff were entranced with making upgrades to computers and information systems months in advance to make sure that the internal...
On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, two turtle doves. Hmm, you think he would have learned his lesson with the partridge. Apparently not. And apparently Mr. Whiskers isn’t hungry...
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) recently posted on its ICD-10 webpage a Top 10 List: Phase One . In early 2011, Phase I (first quarter 2009–second quarter 2011) of the...
The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates voted to “work vigorously to stop implementation of ICD-10” during the closing session of its semi-annual policy-making meeting November 15...
Last week, we looked at some strange causes of death in the ancient world and their associated ICD-10-CM codes. Let’s fast-forward to some odd Dark Ages deaths and see if we can code them. Some...
Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh … oh, wait, maybe that’s not such a good idea. Little Bobby came down with chilblains, while Suzie developed frostbite. ICD-10-CM only gives us...
Do you want to work harder or work smarter? We all know electronic medical records (EMR) are great in some ways, not so great in others. Drop down menus make life easier for physicians, but can also...
Curious about how CMS’ end-to-end testing for ICD-10 is going? Want to know how you can sign up? CMS is hosting a National Provider Call on ICD-10 implementation and Medicare testing from 1:30-3 p.m...
You might be far enough along in your ICD-10 implementation timeline to attend some informational sessions that go beyond the basics. "You're going to see more companies advertising functional...
The Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) announced a second delay in the enforcement of HIPAA 5010, CMS announced March 15 . OESS announced the first enforcement delay November 17, 2011...
