Survey on transition to ICD-10 finds successes, challenges

Editor's Note

A survey of 298 attendees at a November 9 KPMG webinar on the transition to ICD-10 gleaned the following responses:

• 28% said the transition had been smooth
• 51% found “a few technical issues but overall successful”
• 11% described the transition as a “failure to operate in an ICD-10 environment.”

Respondents said the greatest challenges are rejected claims, clinical documentation and physician education, reduced revenue from coding delays, and information technology fixes, according to KPMG, a global audit, tax, and advisory firm.

October 1 st 's changeover to ICD-10 - a five-fold increase in the billing codes used in healthcare - consumed a great deal of time and energy among IT, clinical and finance professionals, but a KPMG LLP survey found 80 percent of organizations said the transition has proceeded smoothly.