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Did you make a New Year’s resolution?Yes, and I am sticking to itYes, but I already broken itNo, I didn’t botherVote hereLast week’s mini-poll Which area of coding gives you the most trouble?Chronic...
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I am wondering how you code a woman who does a repeat cesarean section and it is found that there is a dehiscence of the previous cesarean section. Why is there only a code for dehiscence of the...
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What is the correct ICD-9-CM procedure code for the release of the tarsal tunnel?a. 04.41 b. 04.42c. 04.43d. 04.44 Know the answer and want to be featured in the next issue of JustCoding News:...
View ArticleProduct of the week: Condition Code 44: Best Practices for a Compliant...
Correctly changing a patient’s status from inpatient to outpatient using Condition Code 44 remains a problem area. Many organizations either don’t have an appropriate process in place or fail to use it...
View ArticleQ&A: Do queries differ between critical access and acute care facilities?
Q: I’ve heard that queries differ between critical access and short-term acute care hospital settings. Is this true, and if so, where can I find more information?A: To my knowledge, any guidance...
View ArticleHealthcare News: Don't forget about end-to-end testing for ICD-10-CM/PCS
National Government Services (NGS), under contract with CMS, will host a series of listening sessions about lessons learned from the Version 5010 upgrade to prepare providers, vendors, and payers for...
View ArticleReview medical necessity requirements for major joint replacement
Have you read MLN Matters® article SE1236 lately?Coders may not be familiar with this article about documenting medical necessity for major joint replacements because it’s intended primarily for...
View ArticleKick off the New Year with a resolution to avoid leading queries
By Glenn Krauss, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, PCS, FCS, C-CDISLeading queries are frequently a topic of discussion among coding and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) professionals. Determining what...
View ArticleImprove ED physician documentation to ensure inpatient coding compliance
By Lisa A. Eramo It’s a constant uphill battle: Physicians often drag their feet when it comes to improving documentation. If documentation improvement doesn’t directly affect a physician’s...
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To receive AAPC and/or AHIMA credits, take the quiz after reading the following articles:Improve ED physician documentation to ensure inpatient coding complianceKick off the New Year with a resolution...
View ArticleNew on JustCoding Platinum!
A sample query in our Coding Sample Policies and Forms library:Sample query for UTI due to Foley catheterAlso on JustCoding Platinum:Did you see this in our HIM Sample Policies and Forms?OCR HIPAA...
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Access the latest blog posts on ICD–10 Trainer, a free, online forum for all matters related to ICD–10:Clinical documentation tips for ICD-10A look at some general ICD-10-PCS guidelinesAccess the...
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Test your knowledge with this week’s free quiz, which features questions about ICD-9-CM procedure codes for operations of the musculoskeletal system. (View)
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When was the last time you brushed up on your knowledge of human anatomy and pathophysiology?I am currently brushing up on my knowledgeWithin the past six monthsWithin the past yearMore than a year...
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When a patient presents with a condition and the physician states that condition followed by differential diagnoses, what should the coder do?For example, if a patient presents with a sore throat, and...
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Congratulations to this week’s winner, Rosemary Koch, charge coding specialist. Rosemary correctly answered this question:What is the correct ICD-9-CM procedure code for the release of the tarsal...
View ArticleProduct of the week: The Pediatric Medical Record: Opportunities for...
Children are not small adults. Diseases affect them differently, their conditions are coded differently, and the documentation required to accurately capture their care is different. This program will...
View ArticleQ&A: Coding for inpatient spinal fusion
Q: One of our orthopedic surgeons started to perform spinal fusions percutaneously. CPT® provides instruction on how to code this procedure; however, these are inpatient surgeries, so we need an...
View ArticleHealthcare News: CMS publishes myths about the Recovery Auditor program
If you’re curious about whether something you’ve heard or read about the Recovery Auditor (RA) program is true, be sure to check out new information published on the CMS Web site. The agency released a...
View ArticleReview the highlights from the FY 2013 OIG Work Plan
The FY 2013 Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan includes plenty of new additions that might interest inpatient hospitals.“Not every single issue can be audited, but there should be some very...
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