Monthly Archives: December 2013
What We’re Reading – Improve Clinical Documentation for ICD-10
Your administrative staff has probably hounded you for years to improve your documentation. With the ICD-10 transition around the corner on October 1, 2014, clinician documentation will be more important than ever. The code sets from have expanded from 14, … Read Full Post
How is the ICD-10-CM Code Set Different from ICD-9-CM?
ICD-9 codes have between three and five characters, and with the exception of “V” and “E” codes, are exclusively numeric. The fourth or fifth character is utilized for greater specificity and combinations of diagnoses are coded separately. One example is … Read Full Post