Tuesday, September 24, 2013

How to Help the ICD 9/ICD 10 Blues


Doctors and providers are taught to come up with a medical diagnosis compatible with the patient's condition.  However, this diagnosis must be translated into an ICD9 or ICD 10 code to create a CPT code (billing codes), which may be a foreign language to the provider.
 
Most EHRs compel one to pick a diagnosis that has a specific code..  The search engines take you to a particular area, but not necessarily to the proper code without an extensive, time-consuming search.
 
A quick solution to become "trilingual" (speak English/ICD 9/ ICD 10) will be of great aid to providers, office staff, billers, etc.
 
When the clinician comes up with the diagnosis they can "Google" this with their diagnosis and ICD 9 or 10.  This will take you to the location that has proper way of writing the diagnosis in this alternative universe with a code.
 
The clinician can then properly search their diagnosis list saving time.  The office state gets the number they want to finish the billing summary.
 
The one feature can save frustration and time.  This may be the ICD9 / ICD 10 "Google Stone".
 

 

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