When physicians who haven’t received ICD-10 training hear the upcoming conversion mentioned, you can see fear in their faces, says Joanna Lucas, ICD-10 committee chair and senior administrative ...
With the implementation of ICD-10, the number of diagnostic codes increased from 13,000 ICD-9 codes to 68,000 ICD-10 codes. The influx of codes brought a lot of apprehension, and many providers were ...