The recent announcement from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) that the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) ICD-11 coding system went online as of Feb. 11 might have been met with measured enthusiasm globally, but not here in the United States. The much-vaunted coding set isn’t expected to reach America’s shores for perhaps as much as a decade.

Nonetheless, ICD-11 continues to be a topic generating interest among America’s coding community. And that is why we have asked Mary Stanfill, our ICD-11 correspondent, to be the special guest during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays. Stanfill is expected to provide listeners with an update on the new coding set looming on the horizon.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

•  Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on the latest coding news.
  
  
•  Tuesday Focus: Coding Alzheimer’s: Susan Gatehouse, founder and CEO for Axea Solutions, will report on coding Alzheimer’s – specifically, the new HCPCS Code J0172, for a new drug treatment. Its effective period will run from Jan. 1, 2022, to March 31, 2022, but many of the finer details could be subject to change during a 90-day comment period. 
  
  
• News Desk: John Zelem, MD, FACS, founder and CEO for Streamline Solutions Consulting, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc. and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.