An AAPC Client Services study examined the percentage of physicians by specialty that have the documentation to support the switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10.
Top eight physician specialties
• Plastic surgeons: 98 percent
• Anesthesiologists: 87 percent
• Dermatologists: 86 percent
• General surgeons: 86 percent
• Obstetricians and gynecologists: 84 percent
• Psychologists: 81 percent
• Urologists: 80 percent
• Infectious disease specialists: 78 percent
Bottom five physician specialties
• Internists: 58 percent
• Urgent care physicians: 56 percent
• Pulmonologists: 56 percent
• Pediatricians: 53 percent
• Gastroenterologists: 48 percent
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