Healthcare News: CMS plans Transitioning to ICD-10 national provider call
CMS will host a national provider call on transitioning to ICD-10 at 1:30 p.m. (Eastern) Wednesday, November 5.The agenda for the 90-minute call includes:Final rule and national implementationMedicare...
View ArticleStrains, sprains, and dislocations: ICD-10-CM orthopedic changes go beyond...
The changes to fracture coding in ICD-10-CM have received plenty of attention since coders first saw the expanded code choices. In some cases, coders went from having two codes for a particular...
View ArticleAvoid confusions on ICD-10-PCS codes for treating varices
A patient presents for an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), a diagnostic procedure that allows the physician to diagnose and treat problems in the upper gastrointestinal (UGI) tract. The physician...
View ArticleIdentify main differences between coding guidelines for ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM
By Shelley C. Safian, PhD, CCS-P, CPC-H, CPC-I, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer A large part of ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM are very much alike, beyond the construction of the codes themselves going...
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Test your knowledge with this week’s free quiz, which features questions about ICD-9-CM Volume 3 procedures on the urinary bladder and urethra. (View)
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What is the correct ICD-9-CM code for a left bundle branch hemiblock?a. 426.11b. 426.12c. 426.13d. 426.2Know the answer and want to be featured in the next issue of JustCoding News: Inpatient? Contact...
View ArticleProduct of the week: Ancillary Bedside Procedures webcast
Hospitals are experiencing more outpatients in their units. Even for inpatients, hospitals frequently miss payment for services that must be separately billed to be properly reimbursed. Typically,...
View ArticleQ&A: Defining subacute
Q: The primary physician documented subacute cerebral infarction and I am wondering whether I should code this to a new cerebral vascular accident (CVA) or not, since the term “subacute” doesn’t really...
View ArticleHealthcare News: CMS finalizes change to physician certification requirement
Beginning January 1, 2015, physicians will no longer need to provide certification for an inpatient admission unless the admission is expected to last for 20 days or longer or the case is an...
View ArticleNot to complicate matters, Doc ... but is that a complication?
by Trey La Charité, MDPhysicians spend years learning how to take care of patients. As humans, however, accidents happen. Even the best of medical care has complications and consequences....
View ArticleAvoid ICD-10-CM pitfalls for neoplasms, external causes
One of the biggest changes in ICD-10-CM is the time frame for reporting an acute myocardial infarction (MI). In ICD-9-CM, an acute MI is one that is stated as such or for a documented duration of eight...
View ArticleDon’t forget about approach for ICD-10-PCS
ICD-10-PCS codes consist of seven characters, each of which identifies a unique, specific piece of information. For most of the codes in the Medical and Surgical section, each character represents the...
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Time is running out to answer JustCoding’s 2014 salary survey. Don’t miss your chance to win a free on-demand webcast!Results from the survey will be included in an upcoming issue of JustCoding as the...
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Access the latest blog posts on ICD–10 Trainer, a free online forum for all matters related to ICD-10:It’s all fun and games until the finger falls offEven the rich and famous get sickICD-10...
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