Monday, December 30, 2013

Medical Billing System Overhaul Looms; New Detail Challenges Computer Systems

Who Knows The Code For Injury By Orca?  by Andrew Pollack.  The New York Times.  December 30, 2013.  Unable to locate in the online Times.  In print edition.

(1)  On ______________ virtually the entire health care system will switch to a new set of computerized used for determining  what _____________________ and how much _____________.

(2)  The new set of codes, known as _____________, allows for ________________.

(3)  More detail could allow for improved tracking of _________________ and better _______________________.

(4)  The need for prepare for ____________ and the Affordable Care Act and to achieve so-called ____________ use of electronic health records all at once could _____________________, many computer officials worry.

(5)  The I.C.D.-10 is the 10 revision of the _____________________________ which is issued by the __________________________________________.

(6)  The new I.C.d. will have about ___________ codes for diagnoses and _____________ for procedures.

(7)  The new codes should not be too hard for coders but harder for doctors who will have to be _______________________.

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