Uncertain diagnosis terminology gets update for ICD-10 2020
The FY2020 ICD-10 guidelines, which went into effect October 1, included the addition of “compatible with” or “consistent with” to terminology that cannot be used to indicate uncertain diagnosis for outpatient services. In the guidelines, CMS states the following: “Do...
Dr. Emily Volk on seeking the office of CAP President-Elect
During the past six years, Dr. Emily Volk, M.D., FCAP, has had the opportunity to travel the country and learn about the needs facing the profession of pathology while serving as an elected member of the Board of Governors for the College of American Pathologists...
Looking ahead to the Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management
With the 24th Annual Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management (EWC) set to kick off next month, Dark Report Editor-in-Chief Robert Michel can’t help but marvel at how the event has grown since its inception. “We had 240 people attend the first...