The New Reality: ICD-11 Codes

ICD-11 codes are becoming healthcare’s new reality since the new code set was released this week by the World Health Organization (WHO) and reported on by ICD10monitor.

And already important questions are emerging.

Will it be possible to have a paper ICD-11 book? Will there be more electronic tools available to assist with understanding the new classification? These and other topics are covered by the WHO’s Robert Jakob, the special guest on this edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays. Calling in live from Geneva, Dr. Jakob also reports on the major changes to the classification that will be formally presented at the World Health Assembly next May for adoption by member states, effective as soon as Jan. 1, 2022.

Other segments to be featured on the broadcast include:

• News Desk: Larry Field, DO, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk with the very latest healthcare news. Field is the treasurer of the American College of Physician Advisors.

• Tuesday Focus: Ellen Fink-Samnick, an award-winning industry expert and author, reports on a recent study at McLean Hospital that reveals how age, socioeconomic status, and other factors might contribute to social isolation and poorer mental health.
  
  
• Special Report: Catherine Harrison-Restelli, MD, medical director for hospital services at Sheppard Pratt Health System, reports on integrating mental health into primary care.

• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant for Revenue Cycle Solutions LLC and an ICD10monitor contributor, reports further on the recently posted ICD-11 codes.

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