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It’s Thanksgiving weekend—a time for reflection and gratitude. Thoughts typically turn to family, friends, health, and life’s many other blessings. In addition to all of these, this ...
Providers gauge the severity of an acute brain injury using the Glasgow Coma Scale, and in ICD-10-CM, coders will be able to code this score. Kim Carr, RHIT, CCS, ...
Specify contrast when reporting certain procedures in ICD-10-PCS.
Know how ICD-10-CM sequencing changes will affect rehabilitation services
The recent death of world-renowned actor and comedian Robin Williams came as a shock to many. Like many dealing with major depression and other mental health conditions, Mr. Williams suffered ...
Expanded external cause codes in ICD-10-CM. Which ones really matter?
Understand clinical specificity required for respiratory failure in ICD-10-CM
Familiarize yourself with expanded options for nicotine dependence in ICD-10-CM
In preparation for ICD-10, the federal government developed GEMs, a translation tool to aid in converting data from ICD-9 to 10, and vice versa. But leaders of outsourced coding, auditing and ...
Go to your local bookstore, pick up a copy of Gray’s Anatomy (the book, not the television show), and flip though the illustrations. Alternately, you can Google “Gray’s ...
Ask for specificity when coding atrial fibrillation in ICD-10-CM
Increased clinical specificity is one of the greatest advantages of moving to ICD-10-CM/PCS. With specificity comes the ability to perform granular research that can help uncover significant trends ...
Attendees at AHIMA’s 2014 ICD-10-CM/PCS and Computer-Assisted Coding Summit share their reactions and strategies for coping with the most recent delay of ICD-10.
The journey to ICD-10 can easily be characterized as an emotional and financial rollercoaster. However, efforts towards ICD-10 readiness have not been in vain. In particular, the dual coding of ...
Big Data has become a big commodity in the health care industry. The government, payers, researchers, providers, and even patients are interested in what data are trying to tell us ...
Despite the recent news of a delay in the implantation date, ICD-10 remains a priority for healthcare, and those hospital executives who aren't concerned about clinical coder productivity declines may ...
There are 17,045 codes in ICD-10-CM that relate to fractures. And 10,582 fracture codes are used simply to distinguish right versus left. In preparation for ICD-10, physician documentation must be assessed ...
What additional physician documentation is required to correctly code fractures in ICD-10? We have heard mixed reports regarding orthopedic documentation requirements.
Organizations should be well underway with ICD-10 testing during the first quarter of 2014. However, the tricky part about testing is that there is no clear roadmap to follow. The industry ...
Although information technology (IT) professionals must install and test software upgrades for ICD-10, the true barometer of whether an organization will be ready for the transition occurs when providers successfully ...
January 2014 marked one of the coldest months on record for many states. Below-zero temperatures, mountains of snow, and blustering winds shut down airports and closed classroom doors. Similarly, ICD-10 is ...
Physician documentation is of the utmost importance in the healthcare industry, both today and once ICD-10-CM/PCS goes into effect on Oct. 1, 2014. Insufficient physician documentation will continue to be ...
HIM professionals have worked for years to build positive relationships with physicians and improve their documentation, all in pursuit of more accurate clinical coding. However, many programs to improve physician ...
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