More than one year after the ICD-10 go-live on Oct. 1, 2015, CMS has ended the ICD-10 claims auditing and quality reporting leniency period. Guidelines now require providers to code to reflect ...
Most experts agree that after the ICD-10 implementation date of Oct. 1, 2013, even well-trained coders will take longer with the new coding system than they did with ICD-9, according to a blog post ...
The transition to ICD-10 is already beginning to change the make-up of coding staffs. While ICD-9 coders, aka Niners, tended to be predominantly middle-aged women unready or unwilling to learn the new ...