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Test your knowledge with this week’s free quiz, which features questions about ICD-9-CM codes for diseases of the arteries, arterioles, and capillaries. (View)
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Are you planning to make a New Year’s resolution?Of course, I always make oneYes, and it will be the same one I made last yearI’ll probably make oneNo, I never stick to themI have no need to make a New...
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Congratulations to this week’s winner, Penka Dringova, CPC, CPMA, CCC, CEMC, CGIC, CGSC, CIMC, compliance analyst for UW Medicine in Seattle. Penka correctly answered this question: What is the correct...
View ArticleProduct of the week: CORE Solution - Coding
HCPro's Complete Online Resource and Education (CORE) Solution for Coding is a continuously updated resource that provides busy professionals with easy access to expertly developed coding books,...
View ArticleQ&A: Sepsis and septic shock still cause for query confusion
Q: If the physician writes septic shock instead of sepsis, do I need to query for sepsis? Is this an integral part of the diagnosis and sepsis would be the principal diagnosis, with septic shock a...
View ArticleHealthcare News: CMS changes audit timeframes
CMS Transmittal 547 changes the audit timeframe for complex reviews from 60 to 30 days for some MAC and Recovery Auditor reviews. The change could significantly affect the volume and timeliness of...
View ArticleMeet ICD-10-CM Z codes, formerly known as V codes
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on the ICD-10-CM Z codes. The second part will be published in the December 23, 2014 issue of JustCoding News: Outpatient. As you know, a patient...
View ArticleAnatomy and ICD-10-PCS table define body part character
Each ICD-10-PCS code is comprised of seven characters with a specific meaning. In the Medical and Surgical section, the fourth character denotes the body part involved in the procedure.Each table...
View ArticleCombine coding guidelines, clinical definitions to correctly code sepsis in...
Coding for sepsis requires a strong knowledge of ICD-9-CM coding guidelines, as well as complete and accurate documentation. That's not a surprise to any coding professional. They need those two...
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Two new conditions in our Clinical Conditions Encyclopedia:DiverticulitisLouis-Barr SyndromeAlso on JustCoding PlatinumDid you see thisin ourE-learning Library?Inpatient Coding: Physician QueriesBe...
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Test your knowledge with this week’s free quiz, which features questions about ICD-9-CM codes for nutritional deficiencies. (View)
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What do you find most difficult about injection and infusion coding?Determining the primary serviceReporting multiple infusions of different drugs at the same siteStart/stop times are not always...
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What is the correct ICD-9-CM code for caffeine poisoning?a. 969.70b. 969.71c. 969.72d. 969.73Know the answer and want to be featured in the next issue of JustCoding News: Inpatient? Contact Senior...
View ArticleProduct of the week: Respiratory Failure Ins and Outs live webinar
Knowing how authoritative criteria define acute respiratory failure in children and adults is the first step to correctly coding the condition. Physicians must accurately and completely document acute...
View ArticleQ&A: Leading the physician via query form titles
Q: Is a query titled “Sepsis Query” considered leading even if it is an open-ended question?A: We must remember that we cannot be leading in our query practice; we cannot point out which answer we...
View ArticleHealthcare News: AHA loses lawsuit over Recovery Auditor appeals
The District of Columbia federal district court dismissed a lawsuit December 18, 2014, filed by the American Hospital Association (AHA) against HHS for excessive and inappropriate Recovery Auditor...
View ArticleWhich diagnosis is principal?
Most coders and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) specialists are familiar with the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) definition of principal diagnosis: the condition established after...
View ArticleKnow when to charge for ancillary bedside procedures beyond the room rate
Inpatient coding professionals are used to DRG systems where all of the diagnoses and procedures map to a single DRG. So they may not look for additional procedures and services to report outside of...
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