Medical Certification – ICD 10 Implementation – Video

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Laureen: Right.

Q-20: ICD-10 launch, is it in 2014 or 2015?

A: For real, going to definitely be here October 1, 2014. It was supposed to be this year, 2013, but they pushed it back one year. And they swear that they are not going to change it, and I believe it.

Medical Certification – ICD 10 Implementation – Video

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Alicia: Yeah.

Boyd: And there’s a big countdown clock on the CCO website right now.

Alicia: That’s right!

Laureen: I love it.

Alicia: Because we like ICD-10.

Laureen: Yup! So we have 313 days, 1 hour 18 minutes and 31 seconds. Give or takea few hours depending on –

Alicia: There is always a little bit of a question about after it launches October 1st you’re still in 2014, your 2014 will still be tested in ICD-9. But from October 1st on, you’ll be able to take the proficiency exam for ICD-10. But after the end of the year, for January 1, 2015 it’s ICD-10; no ICD-9 in the CPC exam. Just to clarify.

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Laureen Jandroep

CPC, COC, CPPM, CPC-I.,Sr. Instructor for CCO.us. Laureen has over 25 years in the healthcare field. She graduated as an Occupational Therapist in 1986 and before long was running a successful therapy practice which did over 1.6 million in billing per year with a less than .06% rejection rate. Once Medicare changed how rehab companies were reimbursed this business was closed and Laureen eventually started a new company dedicated to teaching Medical Billing and Coding. Laureen has taught medical billing and coding since 1999 and currently does so through her comapny Certification Coaching Organization, LLC which does business as CCO.She resides in Florida with her husband of over 20 years Anthony and four children. They are active parents and spend most of their time these days just being parents which they love.

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