Sunday 28 April 2013

Physicians Specialty Code in Medical Healthcare healthcare insurance


Code  Physician Specialty
1 General Practice
2 General Surgery
3 Allergy/Immunology
4 Otolaryngology
5 Anesthesiology
6 Cardiology
7 Dermatology
8 Family Practice
9 Interventional Pain Management
10 Gastroenterology
11 Internal Medicine
12 Osteopathic Manipulative MedicineCode Physician Specialty
13 Neurology
14 Neurosurgery
16 Obstetrics/Gynecology
17 Hospice and Palliative Care
18 Ophthalmology
19 Oral Surgery (dentists only)
20 Orthopedic Surgery
21 Cardiac Electrophysiology
22 Pathology
23 Sports Medicine
24 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
25 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
26 Psychiatry
27 Geriatric Psychiatry
28 Colorectal Surgery (formerly proctology)
29 Pulmonary Disease
30 Diagnostic Radiology
33 Thoracic Surgery
34 Urology
35 Chiropractic
36 Nuclear Medicine
37 Pediatric Medicine
38 Geriatric Medicine
39 Nephrology
40 Hand Surgery
41 Optometry
44 Infectious Disease
46 Endocrinology
48 Podiatry
66 Rheumatology
70 Single or Multispecialty Clinic or Group PracticeCode Physician 
72 Pain Management
73 Mass Immunization Roster Biller
76 Peripheral Vascular Disease
77 Vascular Surgery
78 Cardiac Surgery
79 Addiction Medicine
81 Critical Care (Intensivists)
82 Hematology
83 Hematology/Oncology
84 Preventive Medicine
85 Maxillofacial Surgery
86 Neuropsychiatry
90 Medical Oncology
91 Surgical Oncology
92 Radiation Oncology
93 Emergency Medicine
94 Interventional Radiology
98 Gynecological/Oncology
99 Unknown Physician Specialty
C0  Sleep Medicine

Healthcare Reform in form of ICD 10 in Healthcare insurnace



Healthcare industry in US brings one more change as most innovative of itself. We all know about ICD codes. From past decades US healthcare Industry was  working of ICD 9 codes. Now to drill down more appropriate coding as per disease and increase in various health issues Healthcare industry in world had taken steps and introduced new range of coding and named them as ICD 10. Different parts of world have already started using ICD 10 in their healthcare insurance but US being one of the vast and biggest contributor in this industry is now changing to ICD 10.

ICD 10 is equivalent to learning another language and this will require proper training and education.
In US the pace at which hospital administrators , health professionals and compliance employees are moving toward this ICD 10 transition has raised concern among Healthcare industry leaders. As per Latest survey about 20 percent of small and mid sized hospital have yet to begin any education or training for what's been billed as once the biggest of US healthcare industry of World healthcare industry shifts to ICD 10.
The surveys says that nearly half are lagging behind on the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services timelines for ICD 10 preparation  Surveys results shows that 40 percents of have not begun ICD 10 CM Training for coding staff , 55 percents have not begun ICD 10 PCS training for coding staff , 47 percent have not begun document improvement education for medical staff and about 31 percent do not plan to dual code prior to Oct 1 ,2014.
It is clear that the industry is not making the amount of progress that is needed for a smooth transition  Factors that are contributing to this slow progress includes the change of compliance dates , completing internal priorities and other regulatory mandates. Also despite they know they have to change to ICD 10 respondents are planning to submit ICD 10 coded claims to payers for testing prior to the transition.