Unless there is another delay, the United States will transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 in all health care settings on October 1, 2015. This will not be a gradual transition as there will be no grace ...

The ICD-10-PCS guidelines do state that if the documentation cites a specific body part, then that body part should be assigned and not the body part described as "peri." Q: We are confused about ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released 80 new ICD-10-PCS procedure codes effective April 1, 2026, along with updated coding guidelines. The revisions include clarified rules for HIV ...

As time has gone on, dental coding has become increasingly complicated, making it easy to not catch simple mistakes. Coding experts Charles Blair, DDS, and Glenda Hood of practice management company ...

What do they really need to know to move to this “10” coding structure? What about the practice managers; what do they need to know and do? And when? Having designed several healthcare IT training ...

Dr. Andrew Kleinman would rather spend his time with patients than dealing with billing. The New York plastic surgeon is worried that next fall, when he has to switch to a new medical coding system ...