decisionhealth Newsletters, Coder Pink Sheets - 2013 Issue 5 (May)
Diagnosis Coding Corner: Ease into ICD-10 with small changes; crosswalk your top ICD-9 codes
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Article Overview
This article covers how physician practices, especially orthopedic groups, were preparing for ICD-10 adoption and what kinds of readiness activities were being used to ease the transition. It is relevant to coders, billing managers, practice administrators, and compliance staff who need a general sense of implementation concerns, training approaches, documentation review, and crosswalking priorities discussed by AHIMA and CMS speakers.
Why This Topic Matters
ICD-10 transition planning affects documentation, workflow, payer readiness, and claims processing. The article helps readers understand the broader operational issues practices were facing and the general types of preparation that were being recommended.
Article Sections
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Practice readiness and implementation concerns
Discusses the extent to which orthopedic and other physician practices were preparing for ICD-10 and the concerns raised by industry and government speakers. It also touches on the operational impact of delayed readiness.
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Education, training, and documentation review
Summarizes examples of how practices and individual coders were building ICD-10 knowledge through education, training, and documentation assessment. The section emphasizes general preparation activities rather than specific coding decisions.
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Getting started with a phased approach
Describes advice from coding and professional practice leaders on breaking the transition into smaller tasks and focusing on high-volume areas first. It also references broader workflow planning and specialty-based preparation.
What You Will Learn
- How physician practices were approaching ICD-10 preparation
- What kinds of training and education efforts were being used
- Why documentation review was part of transition planning
- How a phased readiness approach was being framed for small practices
- Which organizations and speakers were discussing ICD-10 implementation concerns
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Billing managers
- Practice administrators
- Compliance staff
- Health information management professionals
- Orthopedic practice staff
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