Instead of capturing multiple components of a cardiac rhythm management device implantation with a single code, ICD-10 will force providers to code each component of the device system separately, ...

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 ...

CMS attempts to answer some of those questions in a new video, “Coding for ICD-10-CM: More of the Basics,” that reviews basic information over the new coding system set to be integrated October 2015.

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging may help physicians make decisions about which patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis require an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) to ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with HF and CAD who increased their daily levels of physical activity after receiving an implantable ...

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 ...

A new implantable defibrillator (ICD) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week that is “smart” and will only administer a shock when it detects life-threatening arrhythmia, ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, MO — Older patients who survive an in-hospital cardiac arrest and subsequently receive an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) have a significantly reduced risk of death over the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A novel implantable cardioverter defibrillator platform may benefit patients with HF not eligible for cardiac ...

St. Jude Medical today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its first radiofrequency (RF) wireless devices to treat patients with heart failure and with potentially lethal ...