ICD code transition News

New ICD-10 Coding System May Cloud Hospital Safety Audits

Changes in how medical diagnoses are coded under the latest international disease classification system – better known as the ICD-10 codes – may complicate the assessment of hospital safety, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Their report …

Commentary: Think ICD-10 Won’t Impact Workers’ Comp? Think Again

Healthcare is an enormously complex endeavor and it has gotten more complex than ever imagined with the advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). PPACA has put a lot of balls into the air; one of the …

University of Illinois Researchers Ease Switch to New Healthcare Codes

University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have developed a website that walks healthcare providers through the challenging transition from the current International Classification of Diseases — ICD-9 — to the new ICD-10. Doctors, hospitals and all other healthcare providers have …