The change to ICD-10 happens soon. 

Should you outsource your billing to be ICD-10 compliant?

The department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has mandated the replacement of the ICD-9-CM code sets medical coders and billers in the United States use now to report health care diagnoses and procedures with ICD-10 code sets, effective Oct. 1, 2013.  This will radically change the way coding is currently done; the code-set will grow from its current 17,000 codes to more than 140,000, and the format is new with seven alpha-numeric codes instead of five numeric digits.  These dramatic changes, and others, will require very significant effort to implement, and the time to prepare is now.

There's more to ICD-10 than just learning a new code set and upgrading your software. The transition will affect every aspect of your practice. Move your mouse over the rooms below to see how ICD-10 is going to change the way you do business.