tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2015 Issue 2

ICD-10 Preparedness: Prepare For Impact On Your Systems

Office workflow changes, updating claims formatting only tip of the iceberg. With the start date for ICD-10 set for Oct. 1, 2015, you should have already been making strides towards the transition. But keep in mind that only Medicare definitely requires the transition — you might need to continue to use ICD-9 codes for private payer secondary insurance. The facts: You’re looking at an upgrade from roughly 14,000 diagnosis codes to 68,000. “That [in itself] increases implementation costs and possibilities for errors,” says Yuval Lirov, CEO of Vericle, a cloud-based software. You’re looking...

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