Dual coding will help providers take the step from ICD-9 to ICD-10 and serve the purpose of coding claims for HIPAA and non-HIPAA covered entities. Here are four statistics on whether or not ...

Medical practice executives are deeply worried about the anticipated cost, loss of productivity and clinical documentation changes for ICD-10 conversion, finds a new study from the Medical Group ...

The number of diagnosis codes has expanded from 13,000 ICD-9 codes to 68,000 ICD-10 codes, with 78 percent of ICD-9 diagnosis codes mapping 1-to-1 with an ICD-10 code, either exactly or approximately.

Diagnosis coding is the forgotten stepchild in medical practices. Physician coding has focused on Current Procedural Terminology codes, which drives revenue when services are provided under a ...