Although there are main clusters of ICD-9 HCC codes, there are more than 3000 HCC codes overall. The CMS General Equivalence Mappings of codes may reflect over 11,000 HCC codes in ICD-10. As a current ...

After years of delay, and a few attempts this year to push it back again, the ICD-10 diagnostic code vocabulary will go live on October 1, completely changing the coding process for healthcare ...

The proposed switch from ICD-9 codes sets to International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification will be a huge information technology challenge for the U.S. healthcare ...

At the AHIMA National Convention in Chicago, attendees had one eye on the Presidential election and one on the conference. Now that the election cycle is over, healthcare regulatory compliance ...

Every once in a while in life, one goes through a big move. It can be because of moving houses, or changing jobs, or...because every diagnosis code that has ever been entered in a patient's chart has ...