Here are 35 statistics on how providers expect the level of difficulty for medical practice activities to change under ICD-10, according to the Medical Group Management Association's ICD-10 Implementation Study, January 2014.
Ability to document patient encounters
• Much less difficult: 0 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 1.5 percent
• No change: 7.4 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 48.7 percent
• Much more difficult: 42.4 percent
Ability of clinician to choose appropriate diagnosis code
• Much less difficult: 0 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 0.5 percent
• No change: 1 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 31.2 percent
• Much more difficult: 67.3 percent
Ability of coding staff to choose appropriate diagnosis code
• Much less difficult: 0 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 0.5 percent
• No change: 4 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 44.5 percent
• Much more difficult: 51 percent
Ability to include most frequently used diagnosis codes on a superbill
• Much less difficult: 0 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 1.6 percent
• No change: 11.4 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 26.7 percent
• Much more difficult: 60.3 percent
Ability to compare ICD-10 diagnosis data with ICD-9 diagnosis data
• Much less difficult: 1.9 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 1.9 percent
• No change: 6.9 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 45.3 percent
• Much more difficult: 44 percent
Ability to outsource billing
• Much less difficult: 3.2 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 2 percent
• No change: 56.7 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 17.5 percent
• Much more difficult: 20.6 percent
Ability to contract with health plans
• Much less difficult: 0.5 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 1.2 percent
• No change: 52.7 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 22.5 percent
• Much more difficult: 23.1 percent
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Ability to document patient encounters
• Much less difficult: 0 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 1.5 percent
• No change: 7.4 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 48.7 percent
• Much more difficult: 42.4 percent
Ability of clinician to choose appropriate diagnosis code
• Much less difficult: 0 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 0.5 percent
• No change: 1 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 31.2 percent
• Much more difficult: 67.3 percent
Ability of coding staff to choose appropriate diagnosis code
• Much less difficult: 0 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 0.5 percent
• No change: 4 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 44.5 percent
• Much more difficult: 51 percent
Ability to include most frequently used diagnosis codes on a superbill
• Much less difficult: 0 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 1.6 percent
• No change: 11.4 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 26.7 percent
• Much more difficult: 60.3 percent
Ability to compare ICD-10 diagnosis data with ICD-9 diagnosis data
• Much less difficult: 1.9 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 1.9 percent
• No change: 6.9 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 45.3 percent
• Much more difficult: 44 percent
Ability to outsource billing
• Much less difficult: 3.2 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 2 percent
• No change: 56.7 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 17.5 percent
• Much more difficult: 20.6 percent
Ability to contract with health plans
• Much less difficult: 0.5 percent
• Somewhat less difficult: 1.2 percent
• No change: 52.7 percent
• Somewhat more difficult: 22.5 percent
• Much more difficult: 23.1 percent
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