Instead of capturing multiple components of a cardiac rhythm management device implantation with a single code, ICD-10 will force providers to code each component of the device system separately, ...

Physicians know the change to ICD-10 coding on Oct. 1 is going to radically change how they input diagnostic and billing codes. That's mostly due to the number of codes swelling by thousands compared ...

CMS attempts to answer some of those questions in a new video, “Coding for ICD-10-CM: More of the Basics,” that reviews basic information over the new coding system set to be integrated October 2015.

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging may help physicians make decisions about which patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis require an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) to ...

PROFID EHRA, the first clinical trial seeking to challenge routine implantation of defibrillators in heart attack survivors with heart failure has just been launched. The European Society of ...

And of course, add another code to describe the stage of the chronic kidney disease. A coder may assume a causal relationship between hypertension and chronic kidney disease, but may not assume a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A novel implantable cardioverter defibrillator platform may benefit patients with HF not eligible for cardiac ...