Convention Q&A: Presenter Explains the Challenges of ICD-10 and DSM-5
The 2014 AHIMA Annual Convention and Exhibit session, “ICD-10 and DSM-5: Understanding the Health and Human Service Industry’s Need for Two Codes Sets after Implementation” on Monday, September 29 at 1...
View ArticleAHIMA Pushes for ICD-10 Adoption in Capitol Hill Briefing
In a Capitol Hill briefing on Tuesday, September 23, AHIMA staff members and other stakeholders stressed the need to continue with ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation on October 1, 2015 without delay. Members...
View ArticleAHIMA Rallies House of Delegates to Advocate for ICD-10
Members of the AHIMA House of Delegates got a chance to kick off their own personal ICD-10 advocacy campaigns during the group’s meeting on Sunday. The House also got updates on information governance...
View ArticleMonthly Code Cracker: Coding Ebola Virus and Enterovirus D68
Tune in to this monthly online coding column from Melanie Endicott to learn about challenging areas and documentation opportunities for ICD-10-CM/PCS. ———————————————————————————————————————————— Ebola...
View ArticleCounting Down to ICD-10-PCS
Tune in to this monthly online coding column to learn from AHIMA’s coding experts about challenging areas and documentation opportunities for ICD-10-CM/PCS. In the hospital inpatient setting,...
View ArticleCMS Announces October 2015 as New ICD-10 Compliance Date
Exactly a month after Congress unexpectedly delayed the mandatory implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS for at least one year, on Thursday the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officially...
View ArticleAudio: Living with the ICD-10 Delay
Attendees at AHIMA’s 2014 ICD-10-CM/PCS and Computer-Assisted Coding Summit share their reactions and strategies for coping with the most recent delay of ICD-10. If you can not see this chirbit,...
View ArticleHHS Announces: ICD-10 Delayed One Year
Today the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the final rule that changes the implementation deadline for the transition to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS from October 1, 2013 to October...
View ArticlePractice Makes Perfect When It Comes to ICD-10
Though the implementation deadline delay for ICD-10 came as a disappointment to health information professionals, it may actually be a blessing in disguise. This extra year provides HIM and other...
View ArticleEight Steps to ICD-10 Success
The announcement of a proposed delay to the implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS caused a shudder across the healthcare industry in February 2012. Many organizations and providers were well down the path of...
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