A woman who experienced health scare after health scare this past year has recently found a welcoming environment that has helped her learn more about her heart condition. Almost 11 years ago, a man ...

At the Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 11, Deborah Grider, senior manager of revenue cycle at Blue and Co., discussed ICD-10 and what it means for healthcare organizations.

Two types of implantable cardioverter defibrillators can reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death with HCM. Pacemakers and implantable loop recorders also may be options.

ICD-10, an international disease coding system, is mandated for adoption in the U.S. by Oct. 1, 2014, and will require health care organizations to switch from the soon-to-be outdated ICD-9. Srividya ...

FOOTBALLER Christian Eriksen will be fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator following his cardiac arrest. The device can be life-saving, but what is it ...

Unless there is another delay, the United States will transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 in all health care settings on October 1, 2015. This will not be a gradual transition as there will be no grace ...

The International Classification of Diseases, or ICD, is a classification system for all physical and mental diseases produced by the World Health Organization (WHO). It’s used for diagnosis, research ...

Among the many current changes in the healthcare industry is a transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 codes. One of the major changes of ICD-10 is an increase of specificity, as it has 68,000 codes compared ...