BC Advantage - 2014 Issue 2

ICD Dual Coding

Many of our students asked why we were teaching both ICD-9 and ICD-10 when they were unable to use ICD-10 until 2014. The main reason was that we believed that there was a huge benefit in dual coding. Dual coding is the process of coding every claim with both ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. We also believed that this was (and still is) the best way to prepare for the implementation of ICD-10 later this year. We understand that it will be labor intensive to use both coding systems, but it will be a huge learning tool for your office...

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