Thursday, May 14, 2015

Making ICD-10 Functional but Fun

Are you trying to think of creative ways to bring ICD-10 into your daily work load. I have found some easy ways to see just how much better ICD-10 is compared to ICD-9!

Do you have a provider in your office that documents hard to find codes? Well actually this is more of a blessing than a curse. The next time this happens take out your ICD-10 draft and look up the code, after you find the ICD-10 version crosswalk it back to ICD-9!! This not only helps you find the code you have been searching high and low for in the ICD-9 coding book, but it also gives you an indication of how much easier ICD-10 will be for your office/practice. This step also gives you an indication of how ICD-10 has taken things such as includes and created actual codes for coding documentation.

This is a new skill that you can keep a secret and make others in your office envy your new found skills. You can let them in on your secret later, right now just have fun with it and explore ICD-10 so that you will become more proficient in your daily work task




Shaundra McLamb, CPC
AHIMA ICD-10 CM/PCS Trainer