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Physicians know the change to ICD-10 coding on Oct. 1 is going to radically change how they input diagnostic and billing codes. That's mostly due to the number of codes swelling by thousands compared ...

And of course, add another code to describe the stage of the chronic kidney disease. A coder may assume a causal relationship between hypertension and chronic kidney disease, but may not assume a ...

A gene associated with sudden cardiac death in the general population has been identified using implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) monitoring in new research. The research included patients ...

These new codes will allow for improved clinical documentation, insurance reimbursement, and health system recognition of the unique and complex needs of patients living with Fontan physiology. "This ...

Like the name suggests, sudden cardiac arrest comes on without warning and is a leading cause of death for adults over the age of 40. For people who may be at risk, doctors may suggest an implantable ...

You may have heard of two little devices that doctors use to help treat heart problems: pacemakers and ICDs (implantable cardioverter defibrillators). They use them when you have a type of heart ...

A study by the RAFT investigators has shown that adding cardiac-resynchronization therapy (CRT) to implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) therapy improves survival in patients with mild to ...

Looking at a large cohort of patients undergoing various types of open heart surgery, investigators have provided contemporary data that can be used to inform patients about the risks of cardiac ...

Combined data from five implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) trials suggest that it is the underlying arrhythmic disorder, rather than the ICD therapy itself, that affects mortality in these ...