The ACR offers help in mastering ICD-10. The ACR practice management staff is working with the Committee on Rheumatologic Care to develop a condensed book of codes for rheumatologists, hopefully rolling it out in spring 2014 or earlier, she said. Rheumatologists or staff members can take the ACR’s eight-hour ICD-10 training class, either at the State-of-the-Art Symposium on Apr. 26, 2014, in Chicago or in their own offices. There is also a more intensive, two-day class available. In addition, the ACR has two full-time staff members who can review charts for coding accuracy.
Create a timeline for training staff to learn the new codes, Chung concluded. “Learn what you can now, and plan effectively.”
Susan Bernstein is a writer based in Atlanta.
