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.