Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies

CMS proposes change for physician certifications with inpatient hospital admissions

August 1, 2014
CMS introduced a singificant change to physician certification requirements in the 2015 OPPS proposed rule.
Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies

The path to pathologic fractures: How to get there from here in ICD-10-CM

August 1, 2014
In ICD-10-CM, you need to communicate with the medical staff about the specific elements that are important for pathologic fractures, because the coding is different than it used to be and it's so different from traumatic fractures.
Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies

Training tool: ICD-10-CM quiz

August 1, 2014
Use this 10-question quiz to determine how well you understand ICD-10-CM coding for diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue.
Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies

Focus on fracture coding changes in ICD-10-CM

August 1, 2014
The section of codes that expanded most in ICD-10-CM involves orthopedic injuries, especially fractures.
Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies

ICD-10 quiz answers

August 1, 2014
Here are the answers to the ICD-10-CM training quiz on p. 8:
Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies

Brush up on types of bone fractures

August 1, 2014
Fractures can be open or closed, displaced or nondisplaced. Different types of fractures show different characteristics.