ICD-10-CM - The New Medical Coding Challenge Arriving October 1, 2013
Nancy Krall, the creator of Icd Diagnosis.com (www.icd-diagnosis.com), a website dedicated for medical personnel who work with ICD-9 diagnosis codes and who will work in the future with ICD-10 codes.
Online, June 13, 2011 (Newswire.com) - On October 1, 2013, the medical coding world as we know it, will awaken to a new and exciting challenge. The 14,000 ICD-9 medical codes that millions of physicians, medical facilities, and hospitals use, will increase to approximately 64,000 codes. With the extra 50,000 codes will come very specified disease diagnoses and the medical coding world will need to brush up on their coding guidelines, their medical terminology and their anatomy and physiology.
January 1, 2012, is the compliance date for the HIPAA 5010 (HIPAA X12 formats version 5010), which is a new format designed to regulate electronic transmissions of specific healthcare transactions. Any medical facility not in compliance will not be able to receive reimbursements.
Are you ready for ICD-10? Good quality classes in medical terminology and anatomy and physiology will be worth the time and funds spent when you are able to find the new codes with ease.
Says Krall, "Do you need help finding diagnosis codes? Krall recently wrote a free terminology resource that is an ICD-9 medical coding thesaurus that contains a list of medical terminology synonyms that are contained in the ICD-9 coding book. Find the ICD-9 medical terminology synonymous conditions at www.icd-diagnosis.com.
In addition to the free resource on medical coding, there is information for coders that are seeking a medical coding certification and many hints are given to assist in passing the certification exam.
Many medical coders are fortunate in finding medical coding jobs where they can work from home. What a dream to be able to work from home and not have to leave the house. Learn how to look for "REAL" medical coding jobs and work at home at www.icd-diagnosis.com.
In addition to overseeing icd-diagnosis.com, Nancy works full-time as a medical coder for an outpatient radiology facilities where she faces daily challenges every day in her coding, and loves every minute of it!
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