What’s Your ICD-10 Game Plan?
Recently the news was released that CMS was going to replace the 30-year-old ICD-9 code set with ICD-10, and even though we have an October 1, 2013 deadline it is not too soon to start preparing....
View ArticleAAPC Begins ICD-10 Implementation Training With Series of Free Webinars
SALT LAKE CITY—July 9, 2009—To help providers and payers begin preparing for a smooth ICD-10 implementation process, the American Academy of Professional Coders is hosting a free Webinar series in...
View ArticleICD-10 Watch: “Top 5 ICD-10 myths, debunked”
Deborah Grider, vice president of strategic development for the AAPC, was quoted in an ICD-10 Watch article on the myths of ICD-10. She addressed the fact that ICD-10 is coming and will happen, and...
View ArticleICD-10 Watch: “Proper planning for ICD-10 training”
Deborah Grider, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, CPC-P, CPMA, CEMC, COBGC, CPCD, CCS-P vice president of strategic development at the AAPC speaks with ICD10Watch community site editor Tom Sullivan about ICD-10...
View ArticleUnderstand How ICD-10 Expands Sepsis Coding
By Cynthia Stewart, CPC, CPC-H, CPMA, CPC-I, CCS-P Beginning Oct. 1, 2013, diagnosis coding of sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock will involve a few changes. For one, you will have many more...
View ArticleDiabetes Practice Options: How Practices Can Begin Preparing Now for the...
AAPC VP of ICD-10 education and training Rhonda Buckholtz, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I recently wrote about ICD-10 and what practices can do now to prepare for the coding changeover in Diabetes Practice Options....
View ArticleAdvance: ICD-10 Implementation: What Do We Really Know?
How much do each of us really know about the ICD-10 changeover? AAPC’s vice president of ICD-10 education and training, Rhonda Buckholtz, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I, CENTC, CGSC, COBGC, CPEDC will discuss ICD-10...
View ArticleHFMA Revenue Cycle Strategist: Training Coders to Transition to ICD-10
With ICD-10 still looming on the horizon, many of us have begun the process of implementation, but there is still much to be done. Some have not begun either and AAPC ICD-10 trainer Jackie Stack, CPC,...
View ArticlePhysicians Practice: ICD-10 Education and Training Planning
Now is the time to begin planning for ICD-10 training and education if you haven’t already. AAPC ICD-10 Specialist Jackie Stack, BSHA, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CFPC, CIMC, CPEDC, CCP-P, recently published an...
View ArticlePhysicians Practice: ICD-10 Training – When, Where, and How Good?
Now is the time to plan for ICD-10 training and education, if you haven’t already started. AAPC’s ICD-10 Specialist Jackie Stack, BSHA, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CFPC, CIMC, CPEDC, CCP-P, recently authored an...
View ArticleICD-10 Training: Get Help with A&P and Code Set
ICD-10’s implementation on Oct. 1, 2013 will change everything from the way health care providers document services to the way codes are selected, reported, and reimbursed. It forces medical staff to...
View ArticleICD-10 Monitor: Talk Ten Tuesday
This week’s Talk Ten Tuesday podcast featured AAPC’s Maria Bounos, RN, MPM, CPC-H, who spoke about ICD-10 preparation and compared it to running a marathon. It may be challenging, but there are plenty...
View ArticleAAPC’s CEO: ICD-10 Assessment Options Updated
I am grateful for the opportunity I’ve had to interact with many of you over the past few months at regional conferences, in local chapter meetings, over the phone, and via email. I’m committed to...
View ArticlePhysicians Practice: Analyze Medical Practice Work Flow to Prepare for ICD-10
Nearly 75 percent of physician practices haven’t even started their ICD-10 implementation plan, and 27 percent don’t even know where to start preparing for ICD-10. One of AAPC’s directors of ICD-10...
View ArticlePhysicians Practice: Keep Your Medical Practice in the Black During the...
ICD-10 implementation has caused a good deal of financial concern for many practices. Preparation is the key to surviving the transition, and ultimately benefiting from fairer reimbursement in the long...
View ArticleICD-10 Monitor: Talk Ten Tuesday
Director of the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS), Brian Murphy, CPC and , VP of ICD training and education at AAPC, Rhonda Buckholtz were both guests on a recent...
View ArticlePhysicians Practice: Analyze Medical Practice Work Flow to Prepare for ICD-10
Nearly 75 percent of physician practices haven’t even started their ICD-10 implementation plan, and 27 percent don’t even know where to start preparing for ICD-10. One of AAPC’s directors of ICD-10...
View ArticlePhysicians Practice: Keep Your Medical Practice in the Black During the...
ICD-10 implementation has caused a good deal of financial concern for many practices. Preparation is the key to surviving the transition, and ultimately benefiting from fairer reimbursement in the long...
View ArticleICD-10 Monitor: Talk Ten Tuesday
Director of the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS), Brian Murphy, CPC and , VP of ICD training and education at AAPC, Rhonda Buckholtz were both guests on a recent...
View ArticleOptometry Times: How Staff Can Prepare for ICD-10
ICD-10 implementation isn’t just about medical coding or physician documentation. It will affect all aspects of a healthcare facility. Staff training will be critical if your facility is hoping for a...
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