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Don'tWait 3Years to Start Thinking About ICD-10

Published on Thu Dec 20, 2012

Take advantage of the time you have to prepare for the coming changes. Now is not too early to start your ICD-10 planning and preparation. The good news is that you’ll have a multitude of more specific urology diagnosis codes in categories such as vesicoureteral reflux and prostatitis. The bad news is that you need to learn the new codes and make sure your software can handle ICD-10. Although Oct. 1, 2013, may seem like eons away, the amount of work ahead of you between now and then might be daunting. That’s because you’ll have to be ready to change from the ICD-9 diagnosis coding system that you’ve become accustomed to and start using the new ICD-10 system. More Codes Means More Specificity The biggest change you’ll need to cope with is sheer numbers. The 2013 edition of the diagnosis coding manual will expand the code set from 17,000 codes, [...]
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