Is 2016 Medical Billing Different?

By Joy Monica


When you tell someone what they are up against in medical billing, it matters. Many people often ask themselves what their future will entail when it comes to billing. It is important to communicate with vendors and your staff to see if they are up to date on ICD-10. Many companies that fail to teach themselves this new coding structure will often fail in the billing process. It can take years to become an expert in this topic. It is never easy to look at these types of lessons. They are often complex to understand.

There is a large surround for people that are searching for answers in ICD-10. There are a lot of facts that need to be addressed. Did you know that the 2nd and 3rd digits in ICD-10 are numeric? Planning ahead takes time. Unfortunately, a lot of healthcare providers did not plan ahead and therefore are now bombarded with complicated software's and unnecessary information regarding coding. It is important to note that coding today takes time to learn. Most people today are unsure of their life in ICD-10. You can easily learn to code in your spare time.

Teach and train your staff by sending them to courses. Courses always help the medical billing process because people actually learn what it takes to be successful in coding. Coding today is a lot like a computer scientist trying to learn Java or C++. It is a whole new language in and of itself. Most people are having trouble with ICD-10 because they did not train for it beforehand. Interestingly, the world was warned about the upgraded system years before it actually got launched. However, most people had no idea about the drastic changes that would come forward because of it.

You need to have a good EHR (electronic health record) during this entire process. It is necessary to make all of the pieces come together for the best of the organization that you are with. In order to make this all work, it is necessary put all of the pieces together. In this way, you can easily learn more about what everything entails. For the most part, you will be able to see for yourself what matters and doesn't matter. Life is more about learning and growing in this field more than anything else.

Remember that GEM's (General Equivalence Mappings) have been developed by CDC and CMS. These are coding resources to help you to understand ICD-10. Make sure to look at the ICD-10 books to find out which code is accurate. Your accuracy will help you to understand how to code correctly. Insurance companies will also look at you and see that you know what you are doing. In return, you should get faster turnaround times with payment. Preparing for 5010/ICD-10 transition takes time and patience. You will never completely understand this system if you don't keep up with it. Software is a big topic as well. Upgrading your software appropriately takes time and lots of effort as well.




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