With its enhanced specificity and comprehensive structure, ICD-11 offers a more detailed and accurate framework for documenting cancer diagnoses. Karla VonEschen, MS, CCDS-O, CPC, CPMA , explores how precise documentation and the coder’s ability to capture all the diagnosis codes to fully describe the condition will be crucial for healthcare organizations.
Effective October 1, 2024, three new diagnostic codes have been added to the ICD-10-CM classification system. These three new codes are designed to capture early stage type 1 diabetes preceding the onset of symptoms.
Our experts answer questions about coding breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma, medical necessity documentation, and anesthesia coding for knee surgery.
Start training your staff on the diagnosis code changes that will go into effect October 1. CMS will adopt the ICD-10-CM additions, revisions and deletions that it previewed in April. This article highlights some of the changes you should note.
Psychosis often emerges or is managed in outpatient mental health settings, but it can be coded during inpatient hospital stays due to the acute nature of the condition when it reaches a crisis point. To ensure that this mental health diagnosis receives the same diligence as medical and surgical diagnoses, Nancy Reading, RN, BS, CPC, CPC-P, CPC-I , provides coders with guidance on finding the right codes and resolving documentation conundrums.
Catherine O’Leary, RN, BSN, CCDS , suggests that those who begin with manual coding and DRGs often develop a stronger, more intuitive foundation in CDI and how integrating manual training into a modern CDI program doesn’t mean abandoning technology. Her insights may prove valuable to coders who may increasingly find themselves working at the intersection of coding and CDI.
The first quarter edition of Coding Clinic included new and revised guidelines, a change to the Alphabetic Index, and a question and answer section which discusses complicated coding issues. This article highlights noteworthy changes.
Our experts answer questions on the role of prior encounters in queries, coding neoplasms in transplanted organs, and workflows for reporting malnutrition and pathology.
