Will physician documentation be specific enough so coders can select the most appropriate code in ICD-10-CM/PCS or will coders be defaulting to unspecified codes? For starters, don't dwell on details...
It’s no longer a mere possibility; HHS has confirmed its intent to delay the ICD-10 compliance deadline, according to its latest press release . “We have heard from many in the provider community who...
Legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi once described the ideal linebacker as agile, hostile, and mobile. Sadly, some of our local linebackers are significantly less agile and somewhat...
Coders’ clinical knowledge is going to be more critical than ever before. Your ability to glean information from physician documentation and translate these notes into meaningful codes in ICD-10 is...
Summer is almost over, and so are the summer road trips. Clark, for one, will be very happy about that. Clark and his family just returned from a week-long road trip across the country with some...
Planning a big bonfire for October 1, 2014, using your ICD-9-CM Manuals? You might want to think again. Not everyone is required to transition to ICD-10. Only HIPAA covered entities must begin using...
[caption id="attachment_2698" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Hey, look, it's a friend of Wile E.!"] [/caption] Wile E. Coyote is back in the Acme ED, this time with a broken arm, leg, pelvis...
There’s a bigger picture to the preparation for ICD-10 than just coding productivity. The bigger picture includes doing the process improvement now that is needed to break down all barriers to...
ICD-10-CM includes some specific guidelines to help coders decide when to code for a current malignancy or a personal history of malignancy. The physician excises a primary malignancy but the patient...
Many experts in the healthcare community have compared the transition to ICD-10 to Y2K. So how do you estimate the costs associated with such an enormous undertaking? There are the obvious costs...
