As was pretty much expected, ICD-10’s go live date has come and gone without much fanfare. Give it a few months and we’ll see where we’re at. I loved these live tweets of the ICD-10 go live by MTS Healthcare:
Relatively quiet in our Command Center…still. @NextGen @techguy @HealthIT_News
— MTS Healthcare (@mtshealthcare) October 1, 2015
Notable: docs selecting incorrect codes for primary diagnoses. Highlights potential need for ICD10 training.@NextGen @techguy @HealthIT_News
— MTS Healthcare (@mtshealthcare) October 1, 2015
Overall a good day. Ended quiet. Our concern was for the providers, and they did well. Command Center re-opens FRI 6:00 am PDT…
— MTS Healthcare (@mtshealthcare) October 2, 2015
What? Doctors weren’t ready and trained on ICD-10? Not surprising. They’ll get trained now that they need to know the codes. They’re fast learners.
One thing that was a little odd to me was that both of my top blogs got hammered with search engine traffic from people searching for some variation of Crazy ICD-10 codes. I love that on this site they were getting a post that puts the Crazy ICD-10 codes in perspective.
Hopefully those going through an ICD-10 implementation were just trying to lighten the mood during the switchover. That’s not such a bad thing. Although, I was pretty shocked my the massive spike in traffic for that search. I hope that as they make light of the so called “funny ICD-10 codes”, they’ll remember that we had some funny ICD-9 codes as well.
ICD-10 is here. No more delays. Now I’ll be interested to watch and see the impact it has on healthcare in the US.
Another Y 2 K Much ado about nothing….