Enhance physician documentation for ICD-10: Conditions to keep on your radar
To accurately interpret and code physician documentation, the HIM department should employ a quality clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program and an effective query process. Building upon these...
View ArticleDelve into knee and shoulder replacement in ICD-10-PCS
Physicians often document using or placing devices for a variety of procedures. Not everything that a physician calls a device will actually be considered a device in ICD-10-PCS. The only time coders...
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A book excerpt in our Special Reports and News: Strategies for complete ICD-10 documentation: Communication and physician queriesAlso on JustCoding Platinum:Did you see this in our HIM Sample Policies...
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JustCoding.com is looking for coders to participate in a focus group to help us determine valuable new features and content to offer subscribers. If you code in a physician practice, or are a...
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Access the latest blog posts on ICD–10 Trainer, a free online forum for all matters related to ICD-10:Dodge ball death matchIt’s Friday the 13th: Avoid black cats and falling paint cansGet your...
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Test your knowledge with this week’s free quiz, which features questions about ICD-9-CM metabolic and immunity disorders. (View)
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Congratulations to Robyn M. Alvarado, CPC, CPSA, data validation specialist for the Community Partnership of Southern Arizona. Robyn correctly answered this question: What is the correct ICD-10-CM...
View ArticleProduct of the week: Coding Clinic for CDI: Targeting New Opportunities for...
AHA’s Coding Clinic is ramping up its focus on ICD-10 and we’ll help you navigate the new advice during a live 90-minute webcast at 1 p.m. (Eastern) Thursday, August 28. Experts Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN,...
View ArticleQ&A: UTI during a patient?s stay
Q: A few days into the patient’s stay, an order for a Foley catheter was placed for incontinence and around the same time the physician documented a urinary tract infection (UTI). Would it be...
View ArticleHealthcare News: CMS posts transcript of ICD-10 basics call
For anyone who has not yet started ICD-10 training, CMS posted a transcript, audio file, and slide presentation from the June 4 More ICD-10 Basics MLN Provider call on its website. During the call, Sue...
View ArticleCMS continues focus on quality measures
CMS' 2015 IPPS proposed rule, released April 30, focuses on quality measures, such as hospital-acquired condition (HAC) reduction, readmissions reduction, and hospital value-based purchasing (VBP)...
View ArticleUse guidelines to build knowledge of ICD-10-PCS root operations
ICD-10-PCS will present plenty of challenges for coders. It is completely different from ICD-9-CM Volume 3, not only in the number of possible codes, but also the details required in the codes....
View ArticleShore up your knowledge of sequela coding
We are in the business of healthcare, and our primary goal is to help patients feel better. Each condition is often not alone when invading or attacking the human body. You know about co-morbidities...
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A white paper in our Special Reports and News: Defining the CDI specialist’s roles and responsibilitiesAlso on JustCoding Platinum:Did you see this in our HIM Sample Policies and Forms?Physician...
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Access the latest blog posts on ICD–10 Trainer, a free online forum for all matters related to ICD-10:At least one procedure keeps its nameWatch your toesA holiday explosion of injuries
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Test your knowledge with this week’s free quiz, which features questions about ICD-9-CM codes for complications of pregnancy and childbirth. (View)
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In which format would you be most likely to access a clinical conditions library, which includes information about a disease process and the coding and documentation requirements for the...
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What is the correct ICD-9-CM code for microstomia?a. 744.81b. 744.82c. 744.83d. 744.84 Know the answer and want to be featured in the next issue of JustCoding News: Inpatient?...
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