As if dealing with decision support systems in healthcare,
coding, billing, and the patients themselves wasn’t enough, healthcare
providers now have to prepare themselves for the switch to ICD-10, the new
medical coding system. While most people aren’t too happy about the change,
others are simply shocked at some of the “crazy codes” that actually exist
under ICD-10.
One code that has people half-laughing and half-crying, for
example, is the special code used for those who have experienced burns due to
water skis that have caught fire. How likely is that to happen? There are also
codes for those who fall into buckets of water, for people who get trapped
inside refrigerators, and for people who are injured by their in-laws.
Sound crazy? Well, no matter how nuts you think these new
codes are, they’re for real, and, by all accounts, will soon be here to stay.
Prepare yourself by brushing up on the codes and implementing strategies to
make utilizing decision support systems in healthcare easier. You can also get
ahead of the curve by taking advantages of helpful medical billing apps, like
the one available at DeductorMD.com.
If you are a healthcare clinician, are you using todays new healthcare app for Medical Decision Making, DeductorMD?
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