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Sometimes, the arguments in favor of ICD-10-CM border on the absurd. In the January, 2011 issue of Healthcare IT News, the increased "specificity" of ICD-10-CM is highlighted as improving cost savings and disease management. What evidence are we given? The following list of codes: I'm sure that there are hundreds of billions of dollars to be saved in the health care system, now that we can only code dolphin and sea lion bites better. Dr. Joel Diamond, in his Health Interoperability Blog, documents similarly absurd arguments here. One proponent of ICD-10-CM said we'd be better off because we would be able to document not just "sports injury", but also whether the injured party was struck by a basketball, baseball, or football. Busy clinicians trying to take care of sick patients are the ones we will rely on to code this additional specificity, however. Do we really want to distract them from patient care to find the code for dolphin vs. sea lion bites, or strikings by basketball vs. baseball? Is this really the best use of six-figure talent?
Most physicians haven’t had to use codes like these — yet.
In my post on funny ICD-10 codes ruining the ICD-10 brand, I briefly commented how there's no ICD-9 code for Ebola, but that there is one for ICD-10. Beth Friedman from Agency Ten22 shared a link to this ICD-10 Ebola Infographic that I thought readers would find really interesting. One more reason to finally implement
You cannot memorize all the ICD-10-CM codes, but you can use a strategy to master ICD-10-CM codes by the chapter letters. Medical Coding Buff
Get to know the top 10 funny ICD codes that you might find amusing. These codes are part of the ICD-10 codes that you might encounter in the future.
Enjoy this humorous Halloween post about iatrophobia in ICD-10-CM and learn how the code is looked up and verified in the coding manual.
An Alabama doctors' group has come out swinging in a humorous campaign to thwart what it says is an oppressive and expensive new medical coding system. Taking to Twitter and Facebook, the Medical Association of the State of Alabama has come...
Enjoy this humorous Halloween post about iatrophobia in ICD-10-CM and learn how the code is looked up and verified in the coding manual.
Behold, the 16 weirdest codes with a little advice from Healthcare Dive on how to handle these cases should they come into your ER.
Enjoy this humorous Halloween post about iatrophobia in ICD-10-CM and learn how the code is looked up and verified in the coding manual.
