This study determined that ICD-9 codes 433.X1, 434.XX, and V12.54 had positive predictive values >90%, and may be used to focus care on stroke patients. A total of 4689 patients with 10,376 unique ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a list of new and invalid ICD-9 diagnosis and procedure codes, effective Oct. 1, according a report from the American Academy of Professional ...

In the May 24 issue of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Daily Digest Bulletin, the agency published an article titled, “What You Should Know About the GEMs,” according to an AAPC report.

Diabetes included both type I and type II and was defined as any occurrence of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition (ICD-9) diagnosis codes 250.xx, 357.2, 362.0x, or 366.41; ...

The health care industry is “not progressing at a suitable pace” to be ready for tens of thousands of new government-mandated “ICD-10” codes used to describe diseases and hospital procedures in the ...

The 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) is getting closer, and some physician concerns are becoming more concrete. Will it be difficult to get the codes right? Will ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. Less than 5 percent of physician practice have made “significant ...

Diagnosis and treatment planning are arguably the centerpiece of dental practice. Quantifying and recording a patient's complete set of dental and medical diagnoses requires the use of a common coding ...