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Access the latest blog posts on ICD–10 Trainer, a free, online forum for all matters related to ICD–10: ICD-10-CM coding is getting hotter all the time Get to know ICD-10-PCS device guidelines Access...
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Test your knowledge with this week’s free quiz, which features questions on ICD-9-CM codes for the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue. (View)
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Does anyone at your facility or practice regularly audit claims? Yes, we audit random claims before we submit them Yes, we audit claims that have been denied Yes, we audit random claims for coding...
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If a child comes into the ED for suspected foreign body in the nose and the physician finds nothing there, can V71.89 be used as a primary diagnosis if there are no other symptoms documented? Click...
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Which is the correct ICD-9-CM code for a benign neoplasm of the scapula? a. 213.4 b. 213.5 c. 213.6 d. 213.7 Know the answer and want to be featured in the next issue of JustCoding News: Inpatient?...
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Inpatient-only Procedures: Master the Rules and Exceptions in 90 Minutes Join HCPro on Tuesday, August 7, at 1 p.m. (Eastern) for this 90-minute audioconference, Inpatient-only Procedures: Master the...
View ArticleQ&A: Assigning a principal diagnosis for a patient with pneumonia and atrial...
QUESTION: A patient is admitted with pneumonia and atrial fibrillation and both are present on admission. The patient receives antibiotics for the pneumonia and a pacemaker during the stay, but...
View ArticleHealthcare News: CMS releases new short-term acute care PEPPER
In late May, CMS released nationwide a new short-term (ST) acute care Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER). The ST PEPPER provides short-term acute care hospital (STACH)...
View ArticlePondering causes of mechanical, paralytic ileuses
by Robert S. Gold, MD Let me explain the digestion process. People intake foods, solids, and liquids that occasionally mix with gases. The contents traverse the esophagus and enter the stomach where...
View ArticleNew malnutrition criteria could help ensure consistent coding
New clinical guidelines for malnutrition could help alleviate compliance challenges associated with coding the condition, which has never had universally accepted clinical criteria. New guidelines...
View ArticleWhy is ICD-10 so scary--or is it?
Editor’s note: This article is part one of a two-part series. Let’s be honest. Any significant life change brings with it some type of uncertainty—it’s that fear of the unknown. Many of us approach...
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To receive AAPC and/or AHIMA credits, take the quiz after reading the following articles: Why is ICD-10 so scary … or is it? New malnutrition criteria could help ensure consistent coding Pondering...
View Article2012 HIM manager and director salary survey benchmarking report
Read about the latest salary and compensation data for HIM managers and directors in this week’s Platinum offering. The 2012 salary benchmarking report is provided courtesy of the HCPro publication...
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A new checklist in our Special Reports and News: HIM director and manager salary benchmarking report Also on JustCoding Platinum: Did you see this in our E-learning Library? Anatomy and Physiology of...
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Access the latest blog posts on ICD–10 Trainer, a free, online forum for all matters related to ICD–10: ICD-10-CM coding for a bachelor party mishaps Another physician group comes out against ICD-10...
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Test your knowledge with this week’s free quiz, which features questions on ICD-9-CM digestive system codes. (View)
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Do you currently work remotely? Yes, all of the time Yes, most of the time I don’t but others in my department do My organization does not allow us to work remotely Vote here Last week’s mini-poll Does...
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I was auditing a chart and ended up having to downgrade a DRG. Patient was admitted with ischemic colitis. Blood cultures were taken in the ED. Patient was started on antibiotics. Patient did not have...
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Congratulations to this week’s winner, Kimberly Farley, CPC, outpatient coder in Health Information Services at Memorial Health System in Marietta, Ohio. Kimberly was the first person to correctly...
View ArticleProduct of the week: Inpatient-only Procedures: Master the Rules and...
Join HCPro on Tuesday, August 7, at 1 p.m. (Eastern) for this 90-minute audioconference, Inpatient-only Procedures: Master the Rules and Exceptions in 90 Minutes. During this audio conference, our...
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