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ICD-9/ICD-10

Risk of Duplicate ICD Codes for Orthopedic and Injury Related Research

By Gregory Benes, BS

The World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD) has become the international standard diagnostic classification for reporting morbidity and mortality. In 2015, the United States transitioned from the 9th to 10th Revision. The update was necessary due to major...
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Use of Dental Related ICD Coding to Determine Comorbidities in Mississippi

By Priscilla Nordan, MHIIM; Shamsi Daneshvari Berry, PhD, MS, CPHI; and Mary E. Morton, PhD, RHIA

Over the years, there has been a substantial effort to improve patient health and reduce healthcare costs through preventive medicine. Regular dental care prevents tooth decay; published research shows how oral health can impact other organs, such as the heart. Heart disease is the leading cause...
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Paving the Way: A Cost and Outcome Evaluation Framework for the Transition from the 10th to the 11th Version of the International Classification of Disease

Shahreen Khair, MA, Hude Quan, MD, PhD; Cathy A. Eastwood, RN, PhD; Chelsea Doktorchik, MSc, Jiawei Zhao, BHSc; Tatiana Losev, BA, Keith Denny, PhD; Sharon Baker, Mingshan Lu, PhD

Countries worldwide, including Canada, need tools for informed decision-making on the adoption of ICD-11. The purpose of the current study is to create a cost and outcome estimation framework for the transition from ICD-10-CA to ICD-11 in Canada and anticipate the benefits/outcomes and...
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Health Information Management Best Practices for Quality Health Data During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic

By Mary H. Stanfill, MBI, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA, Kathy Giannangelo, MA, RHIA, CCS, CPHIMS, FAHIMA, and Susan H. Fenton, PhD, RHIA, CPHI, FAHIMA

The emergence of the deadly COVID-19 virus, resulting in the current world-wide pandemic requires effective information management and accurate data reporting to enable the healthcare community’s efforts to learn as much as possible about this specific strain of coronavirus and halt the...
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