Physicians know the change to ICD-10 coding on Oct. 1 is going to radically change how they input diagnostic and billing codes. That's mostly due to the number of codes swelling by thousands compared ...

Instead of capturing multiple components of a cardiac rhythm management device implantation with a single code, ICD-10 will force providers to code each component of the device system separately, ...

CMS attempts to answer some of those questions in a new video, “Coding for ICD-10-CM: More of the Basics,” that reviews basic information over the new coding system set to be integrated October 2015.

Clinical trial data, including those from MADIT-CRT, support the use of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic heart failure and ventricular ...

NATICK, Mass., Sept. 28, 2012 (CRWENewswire)-- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) regulatory approval for its S-ICD® System, the world's first and ...

And of course, add another code to describe the stage of the chronic kidney disease. A coder may assume a causal relationship between hypertension and chronic kidney disease, but may not assume a ...

Dual coding refers to using ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes at the same time. When will providers use dual coding for ICD-10? Here are three tips on the dual coding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...