Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies

Patient acuity takes center stage with APR-DRGs

March 1, 2014
Most inpatient coders are very familiar with MS-DRGs and Base DRGs. They may not, however, be as familiar with APR-DRGs.
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Q&A: When should we use ICD-10-CM category E13 to report diabetes?

January 21, 2015
Q: When would we use codes from ICD-10-CM category E13 (other specified diabetes mellitus)? If it's secondary diabetes but not due to an underlying condition or drug and is not chemically induced, what kind of diabetes could it be?
Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies

More areas of concern for compliance and accuracy in ICD-10 coding

March 1, 2014
You all know that I have been unhappy with some code definitions in ICD-9 and have ucceeded in getting some changes made in ICD-9 and ICD-10-CM code sets.

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