ICD-10 Updates 29 Aug

DRG Coding and Its Importance for In-Patient Billing

The in-patient payment system is a complex calculation which begins with each case being categorized into a diagnosis-related group (DRG). DRG hospital billing system is one which classifies hospital cases into certain groups, referred to as DRGs, which are expected to have similar hospital resource use and hence similar cost. Each DRG has a payment weight assigned to it which may be affected by factors such as cost of living.

ICD-10 Updates 08 Mar

Covid-19 : ICD-10 and Billing Updates

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been progressive activation and up-dation of COVID-19 codes by CDC. In this blog, we present an overhaul of these along-with specific changes in coding and billing guidelines related to COVID-19, for the year CY2022.

ICD-10 Updates 28 Feb

ICD-10 Updates CY 2022

Every year on October 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released updated ICD-10 Official Guidelines as well as changes to the code set.