Tag: ICD-11

Medical Billing Insights

Medical Billing Innovations: What 2024 Taught Us and What’s Next

As 2024 draws to a close, the healthcare industry reflects on a year of groundbreaking innovations, policy shifts, and evolving challenges in medical billing. The Allzone Management Services team has seen first-hand how these changes have improved revenue cycle management (RCM), streamlined processes, and patient satisfaction as a result of these changes. In this newsletter, […]
2024 Medical Coding Updates

2024 Coding Updates: Navigating New CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-11 Changes

In 2024, healthcare providers, medical coders, and revenue cycle management (RCM) professionals need to stay up-to-date on 2024 medical coding updates. Several updates have been made to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), and International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) by the American Medical Association (AMA), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]
Future of medical billing services

The Future of Medical Billing Services: Preparing for the Next Wave of Challenges

Medical billing is experiencing significant changes as the healthcare industry rapidly evolves. Healthcare providers are facing new challenges managing their revenue cycles as the sector becomes more complex. The future of medical billing services is not without obstacles. However, medical billing services play a critical role in ensuring providers receive timely and accurate reimbursement for […]
ICD-11 Transition Guide

Navigating the Shift: Preparing for the ICD-11 Transition in 2024

The healthcare industry is on the verge of a significant transformation as we approach 2024: transitioning from ICD-10 to ICD-11. Healthcare providers, payers, and patients alike will all be impacted by this shift, which promises to revolutionize the way medical diagnoses and treatments are documented and reported. Our comprehensive guide explores the intricacies of ICD-11, […]
New ICD-11 Codes

The New ICD-11 Codes: What You Need to Know

In the ever-evolving field of healthcare, accurate diagnosis and effective treatment depend on a universal coding system that provides a common language for medical professionals worldwide. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) serves as the backbone of this system, and with the recent transition to ICD-11, a new era of coding has begun. In this […]
ICD-11 Transition

Rules Are Changing: The Impending Transition to ICD-11

The World Health Organization (WHO) updates ICD codes every 10 years to improve clinical use and acknowledge innovations in healthcare. After the tumultuous transition to the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, simply mentioning the phrase “ICD-11” is liable to strike fear in the hearts of revenue cycle professionals and healthcare providers across […]
ICD

ICD Coding and Climate-Related Psychiatry

Anyone who has viewed the wildfires in Australia knows why it has been called the “canary in the coal mine” of climate change. No wonder that Solastalgia was discovered there. As the ever-increasing carbon is being emitted from the world’s coal mines and other fossil fuel sources, life as we know it is at increased […]
AI enables Medical Coding

The Future Of Work Now – Medical Coding With AI

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 classification code was difficult even in simpler times. Now, however, hospitals and health insurance companies want very detailed information on what was wrong with a […]
ICD-11 Coding

The Train Has Left the Station: ICD-11 on its Way

New series to focus on preparing for the new code set. ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays are launching a new series today, which will continue through November, focusing on the need for early preparation for the new ICD-11 code set that most expect will be ready for the U.S. implementation in 2022. “Now, five years after ICD-10 […]