Ms. Richmond says while coders should not depend on general equivalency mappings to code ICD-10 going forward, GEMs will be useful as coders prepare for training in 2012 and 2013. She says the huge ...

Any codes that will be expanded in ICD-10 hold promise to enhance research and process improvements, and health information management specialists can help make the most all the new code set has ...

Post misleads on medical codes Medical experts told USA TODAY the post exaggerates the use of ICD-10 medical codes by health care professionals and other entities.

She says eventually some practices may be able to save time with ICD-10, especially if they code the same diagnoses very frequently, but initially the change will cut into productivity. 6.

Some ICD-10-CM codes you may use for CHF and/or acute pulmonary edema include, but are not limited to: I50.21, acute systolic (congestive) heart failure ...

The current international standard for medical coding is ICD-10 (the tenth version of International Classification of Disease codes), from the World Health Organization (WHO).

CMS' extension of the Meaningful Use Stage 2 attestation deadline reaffirms that the ICD-10 Oct. 1, 2014, deadline is not going to change, according to a Healthcare IT News report.