As of October 1, 2015, ICD-10 medical diagnosis coding will forever replace ICD-9. Any ICD-9 codes submitted after the last day of September will be, in most cases, rejected. If your healthcare practice is not prepared for the transition, your cash flow may come to a screeching halt. Your rejection and exclusion reports could increase from 1 out of 10 claims, to as high as 8 in10. Claim formatting from 4010 to 5010 will accommodate the additional character/field requirements as further diagnostic code specificity is required (more digits) beyond the decimal point. To avoid catastrophe with the conversion to ICD-10,…
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