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What is the correct ICD-10-CM code for nonpyogenic meningitis?a. G03.0b. G03.1 c. G03.2d. G03.4 Know the answer and want to be featured in the next issue of JustCoding News: Inpatient?...
View ArticleProduct of the week: The Clinical Documentation Improvement...
Now in its second edition, The Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist’s Guide to ICD-10 is the only guide to address ICD-10 from the CDI point of view. Written by CDI experts and ICD-10 Boot...
View ArticleQ&A: ICD-10-CM coding for Pott's fractures
Q: ICD-9-CM includes Pott’s fracture as an alternate term for a bimalleolar fracture. However, ICD-10-CM doesn’t include that term in either the Alphabetic Index or the Tabular List. If the physician...
View ArticleHealthcare News: CMS finalizes MS-DRG changes in IPPS final rule
The 2015 IPPS final rule, released August 4, focuses on quality initiatives and includes no ICD-9-CM diagnosis or procedure code changes. However, CMS did finalize some MS-DRG changes for Fiscal Year...
View ArticleDifferentiate ICD-10-PCS root operations for taking out solids, fluids, and...
A patient comes into the ED with a left pleural effusion and left hemothorax. The physician took the patient to the operating room for a thoracentesis (inserting a chest tube to drain the blood). The...
View ArticleICD-10-CM offers easier reporting of adverse effects and poisonings
By Shelley C. Safian, PhD, CCS-P, CPC-H, CPC-I, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer When a patient comes in contact with a drug or chemical that has an unhealthy effect, coders will have an easier...
View ArticleFocus on fracture coding changes in ICD-10-CM
The section of codes that expanded most in ICD-10-CM involves orthopedic injuries, especially fractures. In ICD-9-CM, coders may only have two choices for a particular fracture. For example, a...
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An ICD-10-PCS training tool in our Coding Sample Policies and Forms:ICD-10-PCS code crosswordAlso on JustCoding Platinum:Did you see this in our HIM Sample Policies and Forms ?ICD-10 preparation...
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Access the latest blog posts on ICD–10 Trainer, a free online forum for all matters related to ICD-10: Are you clinical enough for ICD-10-PCS?ICD-10 as time saver?Deal with documentation deficiencies
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What is the correct ICD-10-CM code for nonpyogenic meningitis?a. G03.0b. G03.1 c. G03.2d. G03.4 The correct answer is A
View ArticleProduct of the week: 2015 IPPS Final Rule: Focus on Quality Measures live...
CMS continues the expansion of pay-for-performance (P4P) programs in the 2015 IPPS final rule. By 2017, performance under these metrics will impact up to 6% of the hospital’s traditional Medicare...
View ArticleQ&A: Including diagnosis from consult notes
Q: How would the following be viewed if it was included in a cardiology consult note: Mr. Jones has paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. He had a recurrence last night which was asymptomatic. We think this...
View ArticleHealthcare news: Auditors identify potential heart failure MS-DRG problems
Heart failure is one of the top MS-DRGs, so Recovery Auditors have focused on identifying potential coding problems with MS-DRGs 291, 292, and 293. Recovery Auditors identified errors related to...
View ArticleIs neonatal really neonatal? How statistics can be warped through...
By Robert S. Gold, MD Whether you work in a dedicated children’s hospital or a general hospital with a pediatric service line, you will likely come into contact with coding charts of kids. Sometimes...
View ArticleCMS proposes change for physician certifications with inpatient hospital...
Most facilities know that CMS amended Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),§412.3, last year to define the criteria for inpatient admission as the expectation and certification by the...
View ArticleSolidify inpatient spinal fusion coding
Spinal fusion is a procedure to join, or fuse, two or more vertebrae. The surgeon places bone or a bone-like material within the space between two spinal vertebrae. The surgeon may use metal plates,...
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Two new terms in our Clinical Conditions Encyclopedia:Grave's diseaseMigraine headacheAlso on JustCoding Platinum:Did you see this in our Special Reports and News?ICD-10-PCS root operations...
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