I attended the live portion of the American Health Information Management Association ICD-10-CM training in Baltimore last week. It is definitely not for the faint-hearted! It was a good overview...
Can you believe it has been about 18 months since the Department of Health and Human Services announced in the Federal Register that ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS would be implemented on October 1, 2013?...
Now is the best time to consider the clinical documentation initiatives you need to implement in 2013. The preparation for ICD-10 has documentation needs first and foremost on everyone’s mind. Start...
HCPro is conducting research into how organizations are assessing their ICD-10 readiness. Click the link below to participate. http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22C5AE44S33/
Ah, the joys of camping. The fresh air, the beautiful scenery, the friendly forest creatures. Sounds like a great way to escape from the urban jungle and the daily grind. Nice in theory, not so nice...
Some diseases can cross between species, which can presents a significant problem. Just think back to how quickly avian flu spread starting in 2003. It turns out that diseases have been crossing that...
A new article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Psychiatry shows a strong link between genetics and autism. That’s not an unusual or completely unexpected outcome. Scientists...
How tired are you of hearing the phrase “documentation, documentation, documentation” as you prepare for ICD-10? I have a new phrase that you’ll soon dread as well: “Practice, practice, practice.”...
Anytown hosted a national ICD-10 conference this week and some of the Fix ‘Em Up Clinic’s coders attended the sessions to learn all about the new coding system. The rest of us got to meet some of the...
I am back to my ICD-10 blog following a long illness. It is great to be back! Why is it that a date ending in 2013 seems so much closer to October 2014? Others must feel this way because there seems...
