The fiscal year 2022 ICD-10-CM code set introduced 165 new codes, effective for encounters on or after October 1. Read about notable changes including new codes for anemia and thrombolysis, COVID-19-realted conditions, depression, and gastric metaplasia.
To select the most specific codes for pediatric conditions, inpatient coders must understand the difference between the terms “neonate,” “newborn,” and “infant.”
Applying data governance strategies can help healthcare facilities capture and use social determinants of health (SDOH) data, and a key part of that process is appropriate ICD-10-CM coding, according to a recent AHIMA white paper.
For FY 2022, CMS continues to expand inpatient access to cutting edge health care technologies by increasing the additional payments designed to cover their development costs and streamlining applicable FDA approval processes.
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign recently released a 2021 update to guidelines for the care of patients with sepsis. The updated guidelines emphasize the difficulties with treating patients who are experiencing long-term effects of sepsis.
In part two of this two-part series, Audrey Howard, RHIA, covers fiscal year (FY) 2022 updates to ICD-10-PCS reporting for spinal procedures, specificity updates to the ICD-10-CM official coding guidelines, and modified MS-DRG logic for type 2 myocardial infarctions. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
In this article, Alba Kuqi, MD, CICA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CSMC, MSHIM, RHIA , breaks down a clinical scenario and corresponding query so inpatient coders and CDI specialists can better work to ensure proper reporting and reimbursement for diagnoses related to acute tubular necrosis (ATN).
