How to Get Organized and Be Fearless About ICD-10

“The billing office is handling that,” an orthopedic surgeon at a recent reimbursement workshop said. Like many physicians, he was unaware that asking the billing office to handle ICD-10, the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), is like trying to do a crossword puzzle using only the “Down” clues. It is impossible, because half of the information is missing.