ICD-10 will impact productivity of healthcare organizations on many levels, slowing the process of documentation, entering new codes and payor communication, according to an AAPC release.

Paul Spencer, compliance officer for Fi-Med Management, a physician practice financial management company based in Wauwatosa, Wis., lists eight actions hospitals should take to protect themselves against recovery audit contractors.

CMS recently issued guidance for hospitals on how to determine whether patients should be admitted and thus avoid recoupment by recovery audit contractors or denials by Medicare administrative contractors.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services estimate that the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 will cost the healthcare industry $1.64 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal Health Blog report.

Coding experts disagree on the effectiveness and necessity of ICD-10, according to a set of opposing editorials published by the American Association of Professional Coders.

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The shift to ICD-10 could create thousands of jobs as hospitals and other healthcare facilities adjust to an initial delay in claims submissions, according to a Tampa Bay Business Journal report.

Implementing ICD-10/CPT-10 is the top financial IT priority for healthcare provider organizations in 2011, according to the 22nd Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, sponsored by Citrix.

Many hospitals and practices have been putting off IT upgrades for the conversion to ICD-10 diagnosis codes in 2013, according to the Wall Street Journal Venture Capital Blog.

On Oct. 1, 2013, ICD-10-CM (clinical modification) and ICD-10-PCS (procedural coding system) will be implemented into the HIPAA mandated code, increasing the number of codes from around 13,600 under ICD-9 to around 69,000 under ICD-10. While ICD-9 codes are mostly…