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General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs) were the creation of work completed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CMS, the American Health Information Management Association, the American...
A patient comes in with displaced fracture of base of second metacarpal bone of his right hand. The physician treats the patient and sends him home. The coder would report ICD-10-CM code S62.310A for...
We’ve survived the holiday feast and decided to skip the doorbusting to head out and visit the cute and fluffy animals at the Anytown Zoo. Of course, no outing would be complete without some injuries...
One of the biggest changes in ICD-10-CM is the volume of codes that specify laterality. Providers will need to document which side, right or left, that the injury or diagnosis has occurred for...
You may have noticed that the ICD-10 manuals have the word “draft” splashed all over them. (If you have an actual paper ICD-10 manual that is. The PDFs don’t include the word draft.) I had someone...
CMS declared its second week of ICD-10 end-to-end testing , held from April 27 through May 1, a success. Approximately 875 participants submitted 23,138 test claims during the week and CMS accepted...
The House of Representatives passed HR 4302 today using a controversial surprise voice vote, bringing another ICD-10 delay closer to reality. HR 4302 focuses on patching the Sustainable Growth Rate (...
Recently, I attended a large ICD-10 planning meeting. Attendees came from four different states and covered nine hospitals. There were coding, clinical documentation improvement (CDI), and revenue...
Fix ‘Em Up Clinic is open for 2014 and we’ve already seen some interesting post-New Year injuries. Rebecca is complaining of pain in her right ankle. Dr. Frost reviews her past medical history and...
