The transition to ICD-10-CM: challenges for pediatric practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Diagnostic codes are used widely within health care for billing, quality assessment, and to measure clinical outcomes. The US health care system will transition to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), in October 2015. Little is known about how this transition will affect pediatric practices. The objective of this study was to examine how the transition to ICD-10-CM may result in ambiguity of clinical information and financial disruption for pediatricians.

Methods

Using a statewide data set from Illinois Medicaid specified for pediatricians, 2708 International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, diagnosis codes were identified. Diagnosis codes were categorized i

SUBMITTER: Caskey R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4531279 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature