An Ideal Patient-Doctor Relation! Do not Let ICD-10 Hamper this

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An Ideal Patient-Doctor Relation! Do not Let
ICD-10 Hamper this
Change is constant, especially in the medical
field the latest being the implementation of
ICD-10 in the US. ICD is a system of diagnostic
codes (more than 69,000 codes) for reporting
diseases, identifying global health trends, and
collecting statistics globally. The procedure
codes in ICD-10 count up to 72,000 codes. Better
data paves for improved patient care. Hence, with
the change from ICD-9 to ICD-10, many physicians
feel that they will be able to capture each
detail of the patient during each visit leading
to better coordination and treatment. This is
chiefly due to better documentation, collection,
and evaluation of the patient details. A patient
and doctor relation would be better also due to
improved care for acutely ill patients and
tracking of their illnesses, thereby ensuring
patient supervision and safety. Due to ICD-10,
patients will be able to receive payments from
government payers and private insurers.   The
patients will also be charged less for
unnecessary procedures. ICD-10 aims at helping
physicians code with accuracy and the ability to
understand surgical outcomes. This will lead to
better communication between physicians,
hospitals, emergency rooms, and specialists
thereby enhancing the patient-doctor relation.
Most importantly, ICD-10 will in totality reduce
the rejected claims and ensure accurate claims
thereby giving millions of Americans easier
access to health insurance.
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An Ideal Patient-Doctor Relation! Do not Let
ICD-10 Hamper this
According to Maggie Gaglione, M.D., Internal
Medicine, and Bariatrics ICD-9 may have been
adequate for the past environment, but thats not
the environment of the future.ICD-10 is needed to
help us paint the picture of the population we
are managing in the future payment models. ICD-10
will also allow other physicians
and physician extenders to see what took place in
the visit. (roadto10.org).   To aid physicians
with the utmost quality of their patients, ICD-10
intends to improve specificity, prevent fraud,
augment public tracking, provide an allowance for
detailed reports on accidents, and work
flawlessly with Human Resource systems. ICD-10
has been lengthened to include the granular
details related to diagnosis and treatment
thereby giving greater care and protection to a
patient. As physicians are gradually given vital
support at the hospital level with the new system
of ICD-10, it will be much easier for them to
protect, control, and strengthen the
doctor-patient relationship and strive to work
towards quality care goals.