More than one year after the ICD-10 go-live on Oct. 1, 2015, CMS has ended the ICD-10 claims auditing and quality reporting leniency period. Guidelines now require providers to code to reflect ...

Ready or not, ICD-10 is coming. On Oct. 1, 2015, the healthcare industry will — barring any unforeseen circumstances — transition to using ICD-10 codes for billing and services. With the entire ...

The clinical query process will need to be improved and streamlined to keep all parties informed and working well together, according to an ICD-10 Watch report. Feedback to physicians is particularly ...

Here are three questions to ask when deciding if an ICD-10 financial risk assessment request for proposal is effective, according to Government Health IT. 1. Do I understand what it is that I am ...

Each year, ICD-10-CM is updated on Oct. 1. For 2026, there are 74,179 total codes, 487 additions, 28 deletions, and 38 ...

ICD-10 code L80 reliably identifies patients with vitiligo in electronic health records, according to a review of medical records.