Your Updated Countdown to ICD-10: Three Strategies to Boost Preparedness and Momentum  

Category: ICD-10

We're all familiar with countdown tickers, from Time Square's giant display on New Year's Eve to the tiny icon on your TV screen promoting an approaching season premiere. Of course, these visual countdown reminders usually promote something fun: A holiday. A wedding. Your favorite TV show.

Coders and revenue cycle staff may not have a ticker on their desktops to track the arrival of ICD-10, but the countdown is now officially on with less than a year left to prepare. Whether your organization is in kick-off mode or nearly finished, it is a great time to take stock: Is your transition progressing as planned? Does it thoroughly address key strategic factors such as clinical documentation review and updates, staff training, and internal and external audits and testing? Through your testing and quality assurance (QA) activities to date, have you confirmed updates work as expected...