May 2011

Donna Stewart, compliance manager at Children’s Hospital, Norfolk, Va., summarizes this transition to ICD-10 this way: “If successful, the data we’ll extract will be incredible for medicine.” To be sure, it’s a big “if,” yet Steward’s main point about the forthcoming diagnosis and procedure classification system is on point. The new coding system, set for …

How Big a Challenge is ICD-10? Ankle Sprain = 72 Codes Read More »