National Medical Billing Services Senior Vice President, Coding Angela Talton, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CPC, CPC-H, discussed how ambulatory surgery centers can prepare for the transition to ICD-10 in a ...

The transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM on Oct. 1, 2013, will affect every step in the ASC surgical process. To prepare, surgery centers should start planning now — not just for transitioning their ...

The indications for ICD implantation continue to expand; however, these devices are associated with complications related to the implantation procedure itself and morbidity caused by the normal and ...

It takes only a few hours to have an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placed in your chest. During the procedure, which may be performed under local anesthesia and a sedative, the ...

Background: Although more than 150,000 implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are implanted yearly worldwide, only few studies systematically examined complications of ICD therapy in large ...

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 ...

Medtronic has received U.S. regulatory approval to sell a new implantable defibrillator that can be placed outside of the heart and veins to treat SCA — sudden cardiac arrest — an electrical problem ...

Background: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy is used for primary prevention of death among people with heart failure, and new evidence in 2005 on its effectiveness changed practice ...