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1. ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting in 2013
Confront the latest medical coding challenge ICD-10-CM coming on October 1, 2014.
What is ICD-10-CM?
ICD-10-CM also known as “International Classification of Diseases” is generally a set of codes
largely utilized mainly by the physicians, hospitals, Medical Transcription Companies and health
care expertise or specialists in order to perform an analysis on patients every visit. The ICD-10-
CM system of coding contains approximately 68,000 codes and these codes become essential
when claiming for any type of health insurance in the U.S.
If we compare ICD-9-CM, we find very few alterations are done with ICD-10-CMDraft code set
for 2013 which will be effect from 1st October, 2014. It was decided to make a few changes in
the 2013 ICD-10-CM Draft code, by accumulating a couple of terms and rectifying typos in the
Alphabetic directory.
Let’s check out the probable advantages of implementing the latest ICD-10 medical coding
system:
Application of this code gives expansion of injury
Data is collected based on site rather than type of injury
Mixture of diagnosis codes
Calculation of sixth character using some codes extended out o the seventh character
Adding V and E codes into the main classification
The alterations done by medical transcription companies signify huge development over ICD-9-
CM and ICD-10.
Some specific improvements done are given below:
Prolonged injury codes due to adding up of data pertinent to ambulatory and managed
care encounters
By implementing a new concept of combination diagnosis/symptom codes, the number
of codes actually needed to explain a condition lessens.
According to the news, HHS on January 16, 2009, issued a final rule wherein it has
accepted ICD-10-CM (and ICD-10-PCS) to replace ICD-9-CM in HIPAA transactions.

2. Impact On Your Medical Coding Employees
This latest system of ICD-10-CM medical coding will bring tremendous level of progress for all
the medical transcription companies and U.S. health care system. The present system of ICD-9-
CM is outdated for new codes and limits the coding process. As medical transcription person,
you require, to familiarize yourself with the latest system and get the significant training for the
same to ensure a smooth transition.
If you are a medical coder or any professional pertaining to medical services company
then it is mandatory for you to get a comprehensive synopsis about the essential
changes in store for both diagnostic and procedural coding.
Apart from this, you will be required to get information at length on the impacts of the
coding changes. The reason behind following this procedure is because October 1st,
2013 is the last date for compliance. All medical service providers such as Medical
Transcription Service Providers be it doctors or any other personal offering his medical
transcription services, it will become necessary for them to get acquainted with the new
system.
You will need to register yourself in an ICD-10-CM medical coding course in order to
study the new medical coding system, containing approximately 55,000 more codes.
This is not it, a lot more is yet to follow thus, please keep updated with the latest and
upcoming modifications.
Even supposing changes done may be little to ICD-10-CM Draft system of coding for the next
couple of years, we suggest you as a medical coder to study the guidelines carefully and yearly.
Aside from this, you can expect supplementary guidelines and reporting coming up as we have
additional coders training under ICD-10-CM.
About Mediscribes
Mediscribes, Inc. is one of the fastest growing Medical Transcription & document management
systems providers in United States, based in Metro Louisville. Mediscribes is an ISO 9000-2001
certified company, rendering cost-effective consolidated transcription solutions to major
hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities in United States. Mediscribes is the most value-
providing organization in the market today with a strong presence in America and offshore
locations. The firm specializes in providing highly accurate transcription adhering to ADHI
guidelines in unbeatable turnaround time with robust & proven document management system
as its vantage point to its esteemed clientele.
Mediscribes provides end-to-end transcription solutions as its primary offering. For our
customers, we focus on dictation systems, both ASP as well as enterprise level solutions, with
the help of our most valued asset ezVoiceIntelligence (ezVI), providing specialty-specific

3. qualitative transcription along with a “whole nine yards” document management system.
Mediscribes specializes in EMR data integration as well. Our data dispatch department is highly
proficient in integrating transcribed reports into any type of EMR. Healthcare facilities that do
not have EMR get the option to use our web-based file monitoring interface called eTranscribe
for global access to their data. eTranscribe has special features of E-signing, E-faxing, auto-
printing, and user-friendly document search criteria.
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