PIVOT Points

ICD-10 prep: Agencies plan to start dual coding this quarter

Only 14% of the 248 agencies surveyed in September had begun dual-coding. Most respondents expected to begin dual-coding testing in Q1 2015 and Q2 2015. Dual-coded testing means taking actual claims that are submitted using the current ICD-9-CM code set, and also coding them using ICD-10 in the same patient record, for practice.

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