{"id":1406,"date":"2013-12-11T13:28:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T13:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2026-03-11T05:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:08:33","slug":"is-your-practice-set-with-the-aisle-to-icd-10-kiosk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/is-your-practice-set-with-the-aisle-to-icd-10-kiosk\/","title":{"rendered":"Aisle to ICD-10 Kiosk &#8211; Set up your Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class=\"section no\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column col-md-12 have-padding\"><div class=\"text-block \" ><div class=\"simple-text \"><h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b>Why to Check Your Readiness ?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">ICD-10 migration can\u2019t be done at a rate of knots. It involves EHR\/EMR system optimization, superbill revision, workflow adjustment, documentation amendments, ICD-10 testing, ICD-10 implementation, etc. To put it in a nutshell, ICD-10 coding is the skeletal system of your insurance reimbursement after the cut-off date &#8211; October 1, 2014. So, be equipped!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b>Simple Steps to Get Geared-up\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><span style=\"color: #800000\">Visit CMS<\/span>:<\/b> Get updated with ICD-10 reviews published by the <strong>Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)<\/strong> with respect to ICD-10-CM\/ PCS, <strong>General Equivalence Mapping (GEMs)<\/strong>, transition basics, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>What forms ?<\/b><\/span> Get revised CMS-1500 Paper Claim Forms. CMS will set in motion receiving the revised from on January 6, 2014. Besides, CMS will stop accepting the conventional form from April 1, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>AMA Code Books:<\/b><\/span> Order American Medical Association\u2019s ICD-10-CM 2014 Codebook and Mappings 2014 to put the diagnostic codes in order and for ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM crosswalks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Connect your stakeholders: <\/b><\/span>Identify appropriate clearinghouse partner, medical billing vendor and payers to scrutinize the feasibility of their implementation plans with your practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Keep your documentation in harmony:<\/b><\/span> You need to verify the ICD-9-CM documentation pattern and the lacunae must be identified. Then, the documentation by using templates, forms, sheets, reports, etc. must be modified as per the ICD-10 guidelines and workflow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Revise your current fee ticket:<\/b><\/span> Maintain a note on the list of commonly used codes in ICD-9 and slot-in the corresponding ICD-10 codes in your revised superbill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Train your coding ally: <\/b><\/span>Your coding and billing staffs must work in synchrony with the<b> <\/b>ICD-10 guidelines so that the codes, superbills, documentation, workflow pattern, etc. will bring you the dwindled denials and maximal reimbursements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Workflow \u2013 The reimbursement boulevard:<\/b><\/span> Unconnected &#8211; documents alteration, staff training, tuned EHR\/EMR and software technology, and adequate resource exploitation would be a jumble. Thus, organized workflow process is more than essential for your successful practice business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Money \u2013 The god of business:<\/b><\/span> You need to forecast the fund requirements so as to invigorate your business and to balance the bad-debt\/ARs \u2013 service outlays equilibrium. Notably, denials, write-offs, bad-debts, etc. must not bulldoze your funds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Testing \u2013 The ingress ! <\/b><\/span>Conduct internal and external testing with suitable stakeholders and elements including clearinghouse, payers, billing vendor, coding\/billing staffs, EHR\/EMR and other systems, etc. Get acquainted with the common flaws and troubleshoots to combat real-time coding hindrances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Get the ready to run the show on the road ! Make ICD-10 a grand success at your cash-cow practice !<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"actionBox row-thirty\">\n<p><a class=\"button normal dark reverted\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/pricing.html\">SIGNUP NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Get your feet wet with BillingParadise Customized EMR Medical Billing , ICD-10 Coding \u00a0Packages\u2026<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why to Check Your Readiness ? ICD-10 migration can\u2019t be done at a rate of knots. 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