ICD-9 contains only 17,000 codes and is expected to start running out of available codes next year. By contrast, the ICD-10 code sets contain more than 155,000 codes and accommodate a host of new ...

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, ...

September 21, 2010 (Palo Alto, California) — Data from over 220 000 patients show that centers with higher procedure volumes see fewer complications with implantable defibrillators, extending the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Medtronic's novel "extravascular" implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (Aurora EV-ICD) system, which uses a single lead implanted substernally to ...

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On October 1, 2014, all health plans, health data clearinghouses, and health care providers that transmit health information electronically must use a new, significantly broader, coding system, called ...

DALLAS, March 2, 2010 — A standard test of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is linked to significant thought-processing problems that improve for most patients within a year after the ...

More than three years ago, the Department of Justice launched an extensive investigation into improper Medicare billing for procedures involving implanted cardioverter defibrillators, devices that use ...

New York, Nov. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "EU5 Cardiac Rhythm Management Procedures Outlook to 2025 - Pacemaker Implant Procedures, Cardiac ...

First-of-its-kind Aurora EV-ICD™ system offers single device, single procedure with lead placed outside of heart and veins FDA approval of the Medtronic Aurora EV-ICD system includes the system's ...

A standard test of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is linked to significant thought-processing problems that improve for most patients within a year after the device is inserted, ...