![]() ![]() And if the look-up process takes you 2 minutes per patient and your practice, like some of our dermatology clinics, sees hundreds of patients in a day, you cannot afford that kind of wasted time,’ he explained. ‘You can get to a point where you and your staff have a cheat sheet of common diagnoses, but due to the granularity of the codes it will still not be a very fast look-up process. The five-fold increase in codes will also have a direct impact on your ability to see patients at your current volume under ICD-9, which not only affects patient care, but will again impact your revenue. This covers the estimated cost of everything from staff training, IT system changes, and increased documentation costs. According to a report by Nachimson Advisors, the estimated cost to practices of implementing ICD-10 could range from $83000 for a small practice to $2.7 million for a large practice. This is already a cumbersome process in ICD-9 but to do this on a piece of paper in ICD‑10 is pretty much impossible and practices stand to take a significant revenue hit if they’re not prepared for the ICD-10 switch, which is fast approaching,’ warned Dr Sayed.Įvidence suggests Dr Sayed is right to highlight the substantial revenue disruption practices may face from ICD‑10. They have to manually pick the codes based on their diagnoses. ‘At present, a lot of practices don’t use electronic medical records or billing systems. With so many codes in a new classification system, it will be increasingly difficult for practices to correctly code a patient diagnosis and receive appropriate reimbursement from insurance companies. ICD-10 will also have twice as many categories as ICD-9 and introduce alphanumeric category classifications for the first time. ![]() With the introduction of ICD-10, the number of diagnosis and procedure codes will increase from 13000 to over 68000. The codes are also used in the US by payers for billing and reimbursement purposes. Based on the International Classification of Diseases, published by the World Health Organization (WHO), the ICD uses unique sets of code to identify known diseases and other health problems. The current classification system, ICD-9, is an agreed on diagnostic tool for doctors and medical providers to record patient diagnoses for all encounters. ICD-10 will be introduced across the US from 1 October 2014 and is set to have a significant impact on your practice and how you see patients. While the EMA systems can already be seen as a useful tool to have in your practice, Dr Sayed believes EMA systems will become a ‘game-changer’ for healthcare providers across multiple specialties once the tenth revision of the International Statistical Classifications of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) is introduced. He brings both his knowledge of the day-to-day running of a practice and his understanding of a range of computer codes to his role as Medical Director of Electronic Medical Assistant® (EMA) Plastic Surgery.Ĭreated by Modernizing Medicine®, the EMA systems are a cloud based, specialty-specific electronic medical record system with a library of built-in medical content, designed to save the physician’s time during patient consultations and the billing process. Dr Tim Sayed is certainly multi-talented a board-certified plastic surgeon with over 10 years of practice experience, as well as an undergraduate background in electrical engineering and computer science. ![]()
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