icd-10

Three Things You Need to Know about ICD-10 as an ENT

Come October, ICD-9 will be retired and ICD-10 will become the new gold standard in medical reporting. There’s a lot of information available on ICD-10 across the Internet which may be contributing to more confusion than help, especially when it comes to how it will affect various specialties within the medical community. As an ENT, ICD-10 will definitely affect you and your practice. Here are five things you need to know about ICD-10: Download ICD-10 FAQ Guide Here It’s Mandatory…

How Will ICD-10 Benefit ENT Practitioners

The ICD-10 transition has received a bad reputation from multiple setbacks and a feeling of uneasiness by medical practitioners. For many physicians, the changeover to ICD-10 has become a bitter pill they must swallow. However, it is important to tell both sides of the story and see that there is a silver lining to the dark clouds looming. Let’s take a moment to look at the benefits of ICD-10. Download ICD-10 FAQ Guide Here Expanded CodesWhile this is the bulk…

How Training Your Staff Can Decrease the Financial Impact of ICD-10

The financial impact of the ICD-10 transition mustn’t be overlooked. From out-of-pocket funding for the conversion to enduring cash flow disruptions as all stakeholders try to get their balance, financial challenges are looming.So here you are as an ENT, you are working hard to transition by the cutoff date, you have a staff to think about and you are wondering how much of a financial hit you can take before things turn ugly. How do you mitigate the foreseeable financial…

Three Ways to Avoid the Negative Effects of ICD-10 Payer Un-readiness

The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition (ICD-10) is a clinical cataloging system developed by the WHO and modified by the CMS and other stakeholders in the US into the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. The deadline for this system’s implementation is October 1, 2015. If you are involved in providing healthcare or administrative services the odds are, you will be required to make sure that all your systems are compatible with the ICD-10 system before the set deadline. The Centers for…