Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh … oh, wait, maybe that’s not such a good idea. Little Bobby came down with chilblains, while Suzie developed frostbite. ICD-10-CM only gives us...
Last week, we looked at some strange causes of death in the ancient world and their associated ICD-10-CM codes. Let’s fast-forward to some odd Dark Ages deaths and see if we can code them. Some...
The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates voted to “work vigorously to stop implementation of ICD-10” during the closing session of its semi-annual policy-making meeting November 15...
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) recently posted on its ICD-10 webpage a Top 10 List: Phase One . In early 2011, Phase I (first quarter 2009–second quarter 2011) of the...
On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, two turtle doves. Hmm, you think he would have learned his lesson with the partridge. Apparently not. And apparently Mr. Whiskers isn’t hungry...
Do you remember the Y2K scare? Vendors and information technology staff were entranced with making upgrades to computers and information systems months in advance to make sure that the internal...
Certification in this day and age has become a vital part of obtaining and proving proficiency in coding and other related fields. Many years ago, coders did not have to be certified to secure...
It is widely known that ICD-10 is going to be much more specific than ICD-9. While that is true, there are some ICD-9 codes that will not be as specific in ICD-10. Here are two examples: ICD-9 codes...
Right now only one in five hospital claims is fully paid without a payer request for more information, according to a RAND Corporation report. With the upcoming transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS, providers...
I love the ICD-10-CM external causes codes. I’m weird, I know, but I’m also a writer and I love telling good stories. When I first started coding, my boot camp instructor Peggy Blue, MPH, CPC, CCS-P...
