hsmith67
Guru
Getting up on my soapbox, can anyone help me here?
It seems 100% of the "focus" on the ICD-10 transition is all about ... drum roll please..."clinical documentation needs to allow coders to code to the appropriate ICD-10 code."
It simultaneously seems 100% of the education, seminars, etc. on ICD-10 transition targets billing staff and coders.
Am I the only person that sees the huge disconnect here? Coders and billers don't do clinical documentation, the clinicians do!
I have a medical billing company with clients in cardiology, urology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and geriatrics. I'm married to an Internal Medicine doc. I just asked her what literature has the AMA sent her about improving her documenation for ICD-10? Answer: None. What literature has the AACP (Americian College of Physicians - the college for Internal Med) sent you for preparing for ICD-10? Answer: None.
When I talk to my billing clients as well as my consulting clients that span the same specialties and also include Ortho, Neurology, and GI, I get glazed over eyes from the clinicians and they basically tell me to go away, it's not their problem. Clinicians have not been educated by their medical organizations and I don't see that changing. Clinicians, in general, are not open to change and especially not open to listening to coders and billers. As I see it, this is setting us all up for failure and next October and the next several months after are going to be very painful.
Does anyone know of any CLINICIAN CENTERED education opportunities, seminars, etc. that clearly explains ICD-10 transition success is THEIR responsibility and NOT the sole responsibility of coders and billers?
Thanks for any advice anyone can offer.
Hunter Smith, CPC
It seems 100% of the "focus" on the ICD-10 transition is all about ... drum roll please..."clinical documentation needs to allow coders to code to the appropriate ICD-10 code."
It simultaneously seems 100% of the education, seminars, etc. on ICD-10 transition targets billing staff and coders.
Am I the only person that sees the huge disconnect here? Coders and billers don't do clinical documentation, the clinicians do!
I have a medical billing company with clients in cardiology, urology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and geriatrics. I'm married to an Internal Medicine doc. I just asked her what literature has the AMA sent her about improving her documenation for ICD-10? Answer: None. What literature has the AACP (Americian College of Physicians - the college for Internal Med) sent you for preparing for ICD-10? Answer: None.
When I talk to my billing clients as well as my consulting clients that span the same specialties and also include Ortho, Neurology, and GI, I get glazed over eyes from the clinicians and they basically tell me to go away, it's not their problem. Clinicians have not been educated by their medical organizations and I don't see that changing. Clinicians, in general, are not open to change and especially not open to listening to coders and billers. As I see it, this is setting us all up for failure and next October and the next several months after are going to be very painful.
Does anyone know of any CLINICIAN CENTERED education opportunities, seminars, etc. that clearly explains ICD-10 transition success is THEIR responsibility and NOT the sole responsibility of coders and billers?
Thanks for any advice anyone can offer.
Hunter Smith, CPC