Improve the Accuracy of Physical Billing with ICD -10 Medical Coding Implementation

Coding system in the field of medicine has been an integral part of the medical practice. Apart from the accuracy and the speed of operation, medical coding also offers a way to keep track of the essential events in any medical practice. The new age coding system, with its digitalized and modern versions, has evolved further, and offers several advantages today for all clinical practices. The unique and all-new ICD- 10, therefore, offers excellent benefits to the users.

The ICD – 10 or the International Classification of Diseases, tenth division, has come up with several modifications, and improvements over the ninth version. For instance, there are more character lengths in each of the codes that the new version has to offer. Wherein the OCD-9 had only 3-5 codes for the chapters, the tenth version has 3-7 codes, and hence, offers a possibility of adding new codes for the chapters. These infinite coding systems, has provided great detail to each and every medical issue, and thus, helps in providing accurate details while billing for it.

The ICD -10, for example, addresses each and every detail of a surgery. If a patient undergoes knee replacement surgery, the coding system is such that it will provide billing details specific to which leg the surgery is done. Similarly, apart from medical conditions, it will specify the area, the extent of injury, and other minute details through coding systems, making it easier to trace in case of an emergency.

Also, the new ICD-10 uses combination codes for multiple diagnosis for the same patient. This factor eradicates the necessity for multiple billing, and offers accurate information, in the form of both alphabetical and numerical codes. Such accuracy in billing and use of technology to build a proper coding system can come in very handy in large hospital set-ups.

For a bigger hospital, or a clinic which sees regular influx of patients, there are multiple doctors present in the system. With higher patient turnouts and discharge rates every hour, such advanced billing systems can come in extremely handy. The process will be swift, accurate, and efficient, thereby saving innumerable work hours spent over the computer for processing patient bills.

Medical coding has been in place for many decades, albeit with constraints. Thanks to the new technology, this unique and modern coding system, ICD-10, with its enhanced features, has brought in precision and minute details into account, making lives easier for those running their clinical practices.

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