Dual coding may be necessary to help practices implement ICD-10, but it will also cost money and productivity, according to a Government Health IT report. Dual coding allows for the assessment of both ...

Dual coding is probably the best idea to support the ICD-10 transition that many healthcare providers may not be able to afford. Here's why. First, providers must have the healthcare IT systems that ...

Merge Healthcare, provider of enterprise imaging, interoperability and clinic systems, polled 50 customers to determine how worried they were about the upcoming ICD-10 transition. 1. Of the ...

The coding of medical diagnosis and treatment has always been a challenging issue. Translating a patient’s complex symptoms, and a clinician’s efforts to address them, into a clear and unambiguous ...