ICD-10 Testing Consultants Dish Out the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly #ICD10 #ICDRemediator #ICD10Matters #HealthIT

ICD-10 Testing Consultants Dish Out the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Written by  Juliet Santos, MSN, CCRN, FNP-BC

Monday, 27 October 2014



As we continue to move toward the new ICD-10 coding and reimbursement system, new challenges are facing healthcare providers above and beyond those associated with other high-profile federal mandates.



New focuses demanding our attention and resources include the fearsome Ebola virus and Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), which is more easily communicable than Ebola and appears to have spread to children in 45 states and the District of Columbia (as well as other humanitarian crises overseas that now are impacting the U.S.) Although we often prefer to distance ourselves from diseases that we’ve not treated in the past, the reality is that many of these diseases could eventually find their way to the U.S. if we’re not able to contain them abroad.



These new urgent priorities have caught us halfway into preparing for ICD-10, the basic foundation we need to support current practices of medicine and to track health of various populations in the 21st century. To obtain the latest information on industry progress on implementation, we asked ICD-10 expert consultants to share their assessments and recommendations about ICD-10 testing. These consultants serve in leadership capacities on behalf of their hospital and ambulatory clients across the U.S. 



Specifically, they’ve been engaged to function as ICD-10 program directors, project managers, testing SMEs, testers, analysts, strategists, and overall implementation advisors.



We asked the consultants, “Where is the industry at in terms of testing for ICD-10?” The responses are organized in three categories: “the Good” (what is going well), “the Bad” (areas in need of improvement), and “the Ugly” (critical areas of focus that impact overall success of any organization).





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