{"id":3101,"date":"2013-10-28T10:37:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T10:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcodersblog.com\/?p=3101"},"modified":"2025-05-22T09:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:07:06","slug":"understanding-icd-10-impact-on-chiropractic-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/understanding-icd-10-impact-on-chiropractic-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding ICD 10 Impact on Chiropractic Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many allege that ICD9 codes lack the ability to precisely describe low-intensity conditions particularly pertaining to physical therapy, home care etc. On the other hand, ICD 10 is widely believed to be more accurate and inclusive and thus is expected to promote the number of successful claims. But before getting there, chiropractic practitioners have to be fully compliant with ICD 10. Currently this has kept chiropractors worried.<\/p>\n

But the good news is the government deadline for transition to ICD 10 from ICD 9 has been postponed to Oct 1st 2014. It\u2019s almost a year from now. But, if you look at the challenges transition involves, it mayn\u2019t look like a long time.<\/p>\n

As chiropractic practices are varied in nature, there is no common way in which practices can transition to ICD 10. Depending on the nature of a practice, a chiropractor would have to work out the best way to move to ICD 10 considering the impact of ICD 10 on it, the time they would require for transition, and the cost.<\/p>\n

And all these factors will be greatly shaped by the challenges chiropractors will face during transition. And as transition plans will vary from practice to practice, different practices will face different challenges. But all chiropractors will face some challenges in common.<\/p>\n