ICD-10 will help move towards more accountable care.
With the ICD-10 transition date having been pushed back another year, you’ll still need to prepare for the new code set. If your staff members are dragging their heels over ICD-10 training, take note of the following six answers to complaints provided by Joe Nichols, MD, a member of CMS’s ICD-10 Task Force, during the agency’s “ICD-10 Clinical Documentation” webinar, which took place on March 18.
Complaint 1: “There are way too many new codes to learn.”
Response: ICD-10 code additions vary widely per specialty...
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