Orthopedic Coding Alert

ICD-10:

AMA, AAOS Voice ICD-10 Concerns

So far, Congress appears to support Oct. 1 implementation date. You may be furiously prepping for the ICD-10 conversion, but your specialty societies are still looking for answers to their burning questions. The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American Medical Association were among medical 100 groups that wrote to CMS on March 4 seeking answers about ICD-10 [...]
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