St. John’s Episcopal Hospital to go live with ICD-10, effective October 1, 2015, as requi

NEW YORK - Sept. 28, 2015 - PRLog -- St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is prepared to go live with ICD-10, effective October 1, 2015, as required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).  The ICD-10 coding system makes use of two code sets to report inpatient and outpatient diagnoses, and inpatient procedures—the respective code sets are ICD-10-CM & ICD-10-PCS.

This change marks a major healthcare industry move from ICD-9, which has been in use since 1979, to ICD-10—from 13,000 diagnoses codes in ICD-9 to 68,000 in ICD-10; and from 3,000 procedures codes in ICD-9 to 87,000 in ICD-10.  The revised coding system allows for greater specificity of diagnoses and procedures.  All healthcare professionals who submit medical claims to insurance carriers for medical services rendered to the insurance carrier’s members must now comply with the use of ICD-10 to secure appropriate reimbursements for any services rendered on or after October 1, 2015.

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is working with their medical professionals and healthcare partners to ensure a smooth transition, with minimal impact to patient flows and claims submissions.  We ask all of our community partners to ensure compliance with this new requirement by providing corresponding ICD-10 diagnoses codes when referring patients to our facility for medical services.

Our goal is patient satisfaction.

About St. John’s Episcopal Hospital

St. John's Episcopal Hospital, the cornerstone of Episcopal Health Services Inc., is the only full-service acute care hospital in the Rockaways. Celebrating 110 years of community care in 2015, the 257-bed facility provides people of all faiths with comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services, regardless of ability to pay. Key programs serving the Rockaways, southern Queens County and southwestern Nassau County include an Emergency Department with 45,000 patient visits annually, a growing minimally invasive surgery program, obstetrics and gynecology, imaging, behavioral health, pediatrics, wound care and dialysis.

St. John's Episcopal Hospital is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and is a teaching affiliate of SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. The hospital is also a New York State Designated Stroke Center, a recipient of the Gold-Plus Get with the Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association, and is a certified emergency heart care station. St. John's Episcopal Hospital is also designated as a 911/Level II trauma receiving hospital by the New York City Department of Health.

Mission Statement

The mission of Episcopal Health Services Inc. of the Diocese of Long Island is to provide quality health care with an emphasis on patient safety through its hospital and ambulatory care facilities and continuing graduate medical education, recognizing the emerging life-care needs of the communities we serve.

The mission is overseen by the Bishop of Long Island and guided by the teachings and traditions of the Episcopal Church. An essential element of this ministry is pastoral care provided by a chaplaincy program sensitive to the faiths and traditions of those served.

Learn more at www.ehs.org.

Contact Information:

Director of Marketing & External Relations
Thomas Thomson
718 869 7750
tthomson@ehs.org