A subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator was noninferior to a transvenous ICD regarding major ICD-related adverse events in patients indicated for such treatment, according to data ...

The ICD-10 conversion is growing nearer and the conversation surrounding the impending switch focuses heavily on the jump in the number of codes. Here are 12 specific differences between ICD-9-CM and ...

Instead of capturing multiple components of a cardiac rhythm management device implantation with a single code, ICD-10 will force providers to code each component of the device system separately.

In the high-stakes battle over a new diagnosis and procedure coding system for the U.S. health care industry, hospitals are pitted against physicians, who are allied (gulp) with health insurers ...

In this Spine Coding Source column, Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC, CMDP, and Teri Romano, RN, MBA, CPC, CMDP, explain some of the common questions and concerns with ICD-10-CM implementation. This ...

Hude Quan, Vijaya Sundararajan, Patricia Halfon, Andrew Fong, Bernard Burnand, Jean-Christophe Luthi, L. Duncan Saunders, Cynthia A. Beck, Thomas E. Feasby, William A ...

The rate averaged about 8% for permanent pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) procedures across all evaluated centers in the two countries, but exceeded 15% for ICD ...

Hospitals will be asked to self-audit ICD procedures using an audit tool the federal government developed in collaboration with defense counsel and Navigant Consulting, attorneys say.

The ICD-10 conversion is growing nearer and the conversation surrounding the impending switch focuses heavily on the jump in the number of codes. Here are 12 specific differences between ICD-9-CM and ...