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5 ASC coding & billing changes to anticipate in 2015

5 ASC coding & billing changes to anticipate in 2015

Written by Carrie Pallardy | October 17, 2014

The beginning of a new year in the ambulatory surgery center industry is rapidly approaching. Along with a new year, comes a series of changes impacting ASC workflow and reimbursement. Three industry experts outline five of the biggest coding and billing changes to anticipate for 2015. 

1. ICD-10. When signed into law in April, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 effectively delayed ICD-10 implementation until Oct. 1, 2015. Though the switch to the new code set will take place 10 months into the year, the ramifications make it one of the biggest changes to anticipate — the shift from approximately 14,000 ICD-9-CM codes to 68,000 ICD-10-CM codes is no small step to take. "It could take [ASCs] six months to a year to get up to speed," says Michael Orseno, revenue cycle director with Regent Surgical Health



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