To ease the transition to ICD-10, Medicare allowed certain flexibility when coding based on specificity.  Those flexibility exceptions will end as of October 1, 2016.  “ICD-10 flexibilities were solely for the purpose of contractors performing medical review so that they would not deny claims solely for the specificity of the ICD-10 code as long as there…

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently talked with providers to identify common misconceptions about the transition to ICD-10 and provided these five facts to address some of the questions and concerns. Here are five facts to know about ICD-10.

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4/2/2014: The bill that would delay ICD-10 for, minimally, one year was signed into law. ICD-10 cannot be implemented by CMS until sometime on or after October 1, 2015.  Mixed opinions are sure to follow as a new start date has not been established.

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Follow the monthly checklist to transition your office to ICD-10 the right way. Every month, STI will keep your office moving towards the October 1, 2014. Print the following checklist for February and follow these steps to make sure your office is not scrambling to catch up as the deadline draws closer.

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No matter what modules you use of The ChartMaker Medical Suite, you will be affected by the ICD-10 transition.  As you may already know, the federal government, HHS and CMS, has decided the start date for using ICD-10 codes on all insurance claims will be October 1, 2014. While this may seem like a long time from…

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