Coding changes will have an impact on staff, physicians, and even the finances of rheumatology practices
2013–A Whole New World
ICD-10 will change the coding and billing landscape, and practices should start preparing now
ICD-10 from a Coder’s Perspective
For the past 30 years, coders have used the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) to identify and report diseases, signs, and symptoms as well as to measure morbidity and mortality in the United States. In general, coders identify ICD-9 as the heartbeat of reimbursement for medical procedures because this is what drives medical necessity.
Coding Corner Question
May’s Coding Challenge
Coding Corner Answer
May’s Coding Answer
Practice Page
Incident-To: What Are The Guidelines?
Medical Societies Ask, What’s in a Name?
ICD-11, history, and confusion a catalyst for replacing eponyms with descriptions in disease nomenclature
Rheumatology’s Virtual “Water Cooler”
The ACR list serves allow rheumatologists and health professionals across the country to connect and share ideas
Ethics Forum
What’s your ongoing obligation to care for patients who can’t pay?
Measuring Up for Meaningful Use
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program—Meaningful Use—requires that eligible providers participating in the incentive program successfully demonstrate meaningful use of the EHR system by reporting on a set of core and menu functional objectives to qualify for incentive payments of up to $44,000.
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