SNOMED was so important to healthcare's switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10 medical coding, ONC Chief Farzad Mostashari, MD says, that he was willing to support the one-year delay to achieve the necessary ...
The transition to the ICD-10 medical coding system will increase the number of medical codes from 18,000 to 140,000, mandating significantly more detail for diagnoses and procedures, according to a ...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- No World Borders, Inc., a health care IT and management consulting firm today announced that its Readiness Audit Framework and services have been selected by ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday announced the finalization of a rule that will delay by one year the deadline for healthcare providers to implement the ICD-10 medical ...
Atigeo sources explained that its xPatterns platform enables a breakthrough ICD-10 coding solution that streamlines the compliance process optimally. Using xPatterns, ICD coders link to a portion or ...
Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...
WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optum360 won the 2015/2016 Category Leader award for Computer-Assisted Coding (CAC) from KLAS, a leading global health care research organization. This is the second ...
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