Curtis Dubay, recognized as a leading expert on taxation issues, is a former research fellow in tax and economic policy. The House of Representatives recently passed H.R 4302, a temporary "fix" to the ...

Nobody needs to go to medical school to know that people have two ears. However, if physicians treat a patient with suppurative, or pus-discharging, otitis media, they don't have to specify left ear, ...

ICD-11 goes into effect Jan. 1, 2022 and will be available in electronic and print versions, according to Laurie Johnson, an American Health Information Management Association-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS ...

With the upcoming deadline, many providers are feeling the pressure to have staff ready for the coding change. There seems to be two sides of the spectrum in terms of whether ICD-10 is necessary, ...

CMS has provided ICD-10-CM coding updates for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2019, and ending Sept. 30, 2020. 1. The updated ICD-10-CM codes are for discharges and patient encounters taking place ...

Many rare diseases don't have an ICD code, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at NIH is exploring ways to best expand those codes to benefit rare disease patients and ...

Engaging in dual coding as the deadline to transition to ICD-10 moves closer to reality is not an optimal strategy, according to Walter Houlihan, director of health information management and clinical ...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the mental and behavioral health needs of many Americans, and, with social isolation rampant during that time, particular focus was trained on the health effects that ...