Diabetes included both type I and type II and was defined as any occurrence of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition (ICD-9) diagnosis codes 250.xx, 357.2, 362.0x, or 366.41; ...
Coronary artery bypass graft was defined as a qualifying code (Current Procedural Terminology [CPT] or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System [HCPCS] code 33140 ...
Have you started your countdown clocks yet? It looks like it’s definitely happening this year on Oct. 1, 2014. The transitions from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding will 100% absolutely take effect for the ...
The healthcare industry has known since August 2012 that the switch from the ICD-9 to ICD-10 code set would be effective as of Oct. 1, 2014 for all HIPAA-covered entities. However, like many ...