ICD-10 to Include Code for “Dr.Oz says”, Automatic Trigger for Level 5 Visit

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ICD-10 to Include Code for “Dr.Oz says”, Automatic Trigger for Level 5 Visit

The ICD-10 has recently added a last minute section to include codes for an epidemic that has been creeping into US medical offices over the past several years. Dr. Oz’s quackery is starting to have a big impact upon our poor primary care doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and n…

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Medical Schools to Replace Curriculum with Year Long course in ICD-10 and E & M Coding

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Medical Schools to Replace Curriculum with Year Long course in ICD-10 and E & M Coding

In a visionary statement, the Deans of ten of this nation’s top medical schools, including four Ivy League Schools announced today that they are replacing their schools’ entire 3rd year curriculum with an intensive year-long course on diagnostic and evaluation and management coding.
The…

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Reason For ICD-10 Delay: Missing Critical Section on Injuries Due to ICD-10

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Reason For ICD-10 Delay: Missing Critical Section on Injuries Due to ICD-10

WASHINGTON, DC – While preparing for the introduction of ICD-10 in the US, physicians dealing with workers’ compensation realized that there was a huge section that was either neglected or purposely left out of the new coding system.
“How could we forget ICD-10 injuries?”
In a ca…

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