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Can I use the "Prolapse of vaginal vault after hysterectomy" code if the patient has a prolapse and had a hysterectomy in the past without the physician specifically saying those words? I just wonder...
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What is the correct ICD-9-CM code for a crushing injury of the lower leg? a. 928.01 b. 928.11 c. 928.11 d. 928.20 Know the answer and want to be featured in the next issue of JustCoding News:...
View ArticleProduct of the week: Value-Based Purchasing live audio conference November 5
Join HCPro at 1 p.m. (Eastern) Monday, November 5, for this 90-minute audioconference, Value-Based Purchasing: Documentation Improvement Tactics to Achieve Accurate Reimbursement. During this audio...
View ArticleQ&A: Coding for transplant complications
Q: I have a question about coding transplant complications. My understanding is if the complication affects the transplanted organ, then coders should assign a code for the transplant complication...
View ArticleHealthcare News: OIG determines inpatient rehabilitation facilities receive...
The OIG estimates that Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) paid $8.4 million in overpayments to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) because IRF and Medicare payment controls did not...
View ArticleFollow these nine tips to capture inpatient wound care correctly
By Lisa A. Eramo Provider documentation of inpatient wound care services may be confusing at best and completely lacking at worst. Coders end up trying to decipher exactly what procedure the provider...
View ArticleInpatient-only procedures: Accuracy helps avoid denials, ensure compliance
Inpatient-only procedures are those that CMS has determined providers must perform on an inpatient basis because they are invasive and require at least 24 hours of postoperative recovery time or...
View ArticleHIM professionals should consider a career in CDI
by Lou Ann Wiedemann, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA, CPEHR The HIM profession is constantly changing. The delivery of healthcare is in flux, as are documentation requirements and payment for healthcare services....
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To receive AAPC and/or AHIMA credits, take the quiz after reading the following articles: HIM professionals should consider a career in CDI Inpatient-only procedures: Accuracy helps avoid denials,...
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A new sample procedure note in our Coding Sample Policies and Forms library: Inpatient Wound Care Sample Procedure Note Also on JustCoding Platinum: Did you see this in our HIM Sample Policies and...
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Access the latest blog posts on ICD–10 Trainer, a free, online forum for all matters related to ICD–10: CMS schedules National Provider Call on Preparing Physicians for ICD-10 Implementation ICD-10-PCS...
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Test your knowledge with this week’s free quiz, which features questions on ICD-10-CM codes for injury, poisoning, and other consequences of external causes. (View)
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Has your organization conducted any coder assessments in preparation for ICD-10? Yes No We’re currently performing assessments Vote here Last week’s mini-poll How interested would you be in a...
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ICD-10 requires the type of orthopedic components to apply a proper ICD-10 PCS code. Often times the physician will just document, Stryker, Dupuy, Smith and Nephew, or Zimmer device. What are these...
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Congratulations to this week’s winner Christine Martin, CPC, senior coder in Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the University of Kentucky. Chris correctly answered this question...
View ArticleProduct of the week: Anatomy and Physiology for ICD-10 Coding E-learning Library
Is your coding team prepared for ICD-10? Coders must master the fundamentals of anatomy and physiology before they continue on the path of more intensive ICD-10 code training? This series, Anatomy...
View ArticleQ&A: Coding PTCA in ICD-10-PCS
Q: Can you explain how we would code a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) using ICD-9-CM vs. ICD-10-PCS? A: For the purposes of your question, let’s consider a patient who undergoes...
View ArticleHealthcare News: CMS published ICD-10 Special Edition Medlearn Matters articles
CMS has published two ICD-10-related Special Edition Medlearn Matters articles that may be of interest to providers and serve as tools to assist with implementation. The first is Special Edition...
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