{"id":397,"date":"2012-08-31T08:04:52","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T08:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/?p=397"},"modified":"2026-03-11T02:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:27:33","slug":"re-engineering-for-icd-10-medical-coding-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/re-engineering-for-icd-10-medical-coding-services\/","title":{"rendered":"ICD-10 Medical Coding Services – a re-engineered method"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unless one has been to a vacation to Mars, he\/she would definitely be aware that ICD-10 implementation<\/a> has been postponed to October 1, 2014.\u00a0 \u00a0But not all would be privy to the wisdom that a couple of years for ICD-10 transition planning are akin to asking Usain Bolt run the 100 meters sprint well under 9 seconds.\u00a0 \u00a0Although that might seem impossible to many clinics, run they have to, if they don\u2019t wish to be relegated to the healthcare sidelines.\u00a0 But then it is unlikely that a small clinic might be able to go through the ordeal, which we will be briefly alluding to below, without suffering a cardiac arrest.\u00a0 So, if you really want to tame the beast that is ICD-10 CM\/PCS without breaking a sweat, then by far the best option would be (as many HIM pundits agree), to outsource the majority of your coding requirements to a dedicated vendor, and have a lean & mean team man the control center in your clinic.<\/p>\n

The reason for the above is that ICD-10 calls for re-engineering and amalgamation of entire coding workflows in such a short period of time that it would be virtually impossible for a small clinic to be compliant<\/a> if operating on their own.\u00a0 To begin with, the huge number of additional diagnostic codes; 55,000 extra to be exact, would make it mandatory that a clinic uses CAC software to do the first level of coding.\u00a0 Now, CAC software\u2019s don\u2019t come cheap, and thus it may not be viable for a clinic to adopt the same.\u00a0 In comparison, a dedicated medical coding and medical billing vendor<\/a>, such as Billing Paradise<\/em> may not have a problem in the usage of the same, because of the economies of scale <\/em>advantage.
\nAlso, it is believed that template-based transcription, as would become mandatory when using a meaningful use EHR<\/em>, would increase the documentation perusal time for on-site coders and thus decrease productivity.\u00a0 But EHR based documentation has been proven to serve the greater good.\u00a0\u00a0 Also template-based documentation could be increased in specificity if proper HIM guidance is provided in the EHR implementation phase (HIM consultation is one of BillingParadise\u2019s core competencies). <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0But the fact remains that an EHR-savvy coding<\/a> workforce, such as those with a dedicated vendor like BillingParadise<\/em>, can better handle the new coding feeder systems than on-site staff.
\nFinally, the overall costs inclusive of CAC, EHR modifications\/migration, along with retraining and cross-training of the entire coding<\/strong> workforce might just drain the clinic\u2019s coffer, which already might be reeling under strain from sagging bottom lines and stringent payer reimbursement criteria.<\/p>\n

So don\u2019t think twice, call BillingParadise at 1-888-571-9069 <\/em>or email steve@billingparadise.com<\/em>, you might just end up laughing all the way to the bank in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unless one has been to a vacation to Mars, he\/she would definitely be aware that ICD-10 implementation has been postponed to October 1, 2014.\u00a0 \u00a0But not all would be privy to the wisdom that a couple of years for ICD-10 transition planning are akin to asking Usain Bolt run the 100 meters sprint well under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[745],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coding"],"modified_by":"kiruthika","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450187,"href":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions\/450187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}