How ICD-10 Transition will benefit Your Practice [Infographic]

ICD-10 H Transition will benefit YOUR PRACTICE Compliance Date 01 October 2015 ICD-10 will provide clinical documentation enabling physicians to better capture patient visit, details which will lead to better care coordination and health outcomes. Reasons to Prepare for ICD-10 CLINICAL Better documentation, collection & evaluation of data. * Improved public health reporting. * Helps track & evaluate risk of adverse public health events. * Improved design of protocols & clinical pathways. OPERATIONAL Enhanced definition of patient conditions. Targeted capital investment to meet practice needs. * Support practice transition to risk sharing models with precise data for patients PROFESSIONAL * Prevention & detection of healthcare fraud & abuse. Clear objective data for credentialing & privileges. More specific & objective data is captured. Specific data to support physician advocacy of health & public health policy provided. FINANCIAL Better documentation of patient complexity level of care, supporting reimbursement. * Objective data for peer comparison & utilization benchmarking. Reduce audit risk by encouraging use of diagnosis codes with greater degree of specificity. While the transition to ICD-10 will require work, it is temporary; ultimately better data creation will pave way for enhanced patient care and safety. a Vigyanix Healthcare Applications Made Easy References CMS || go.cms.gov/169ZI7Q