Anytown got hit with some significant snowfall, which lead to some interesting injuries at the Fix ‘Em Up Clinic. Dave came in complaining of back pain after spending two hours shoveling his driveway...
We’re officially three months (okay, 91 days) away from ICD-10 implementation, so you need to give your surgeons a quick introduction to ICD-10-PCS. Do NOT try to teach them to code. That’s not the...
How many of you are worried about getting physicians on board with the ICD-10 transition? We all know physicians are busy people. So how do you get them engaged in learning about the increased...
Don’t look now, but Congress is examining ICD-10 implementation again. The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on healthcare will hold a hearing at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, February 11 ,...
In a recent post , I talked about my experience attending an American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Academy for ICD-10 trainer session. While I am excited about certain aspects of...
Until HHS issues a clear and direct statement on a final ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation date, some healthcare entities will stop any progress to compliance with new ICD-10 requirements, according to...
ICD-10-PCS introduces plenty of new concepts. One that could cause coder confusion involves how to report a procedure when the physician changes the approach. The ICD-10-PCS guidelines state: If...
In a recent JustCoding.com mini-poll, we asked subscribers the following question: Has your organization established a timeline for the transition to ICD-10? This is the breakdown of the 151...
During AHIMA’s two-day ICD-10-CM/PCS and Computer-Assisted Coding Summit April 22-23, AHIMA ran some real-time polls with attendees texting in their responses. The results of the polls provide some...
