Proposed rules offer insight into the Administration’s priorities. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its first proposed payment rules under the Biden Administration. While these rules are required to update Medicare payment rates for different provider types, they also ...

Current issue includes most frequently asked questions about coding COVID-19. The American Hospital Association (AHA) central office is the official United States clearinghouse on medical coding for the proper use of the ICD-10-CM/PCS systems and Level I HCPCS (CPT-4 codes) for hospital providers ...

Reflections on ICD-11.    I would like to share some thoughts on ICD-11, for your consideration. First, ICD-11 is fully electronic; there will be no books. It has 17,000 diagnostic categories, and more than 100,000 medical diagnostic terms. The index-based search algorithm interprets more than ...