I recently spoke with Barbara Hinkle-Azzara, RHIA , vice president of HIM operations for HRS Coding in Baltimore about preparing for ICD-10 and, more specifically, about the anticipated MS-DRG...
My true love did his best over the weekend to make up for the 12 days’ worth of bad gift giving at Christmas. Alas, the best(?) laid plans of mice and men often go astray. My true love’s first...
Will the new ICD-10-CM concept of using seventh character code extensions to identify initial encounters vs. subsequent encounters cause additional confusion in relation to professional services, for...
Shoveling snow can be great exercise. You can burn a lot of calories (depending on how much snow you’re shoveling and how much effort you’re putting into it). However, shoveling snow can also be...
When coders run into a tough coding question, they often look for guidance in the AHA’s Coding Clinic . Coding Clinic is a resource, but it’s not always the final word. The AHA publishes Coding...
I have noticed an influx of new information on various organizations' websites related to ICD-10. If you're not a regular visitor to these websites, now is a good time to poke around and do some...
As I heaved my ICD-9 Manual , projector, and laptop into the overhead bin on my flight home from Atlanta this past Friday after teaching an inpatient coding boot camp, a thought occurred to me: What...
Greetings from Atlanta! I spent the weekend collecting all kinds of tips and information about ICD-10 during the AHIMA Conference pre-conference sessions. These are just a few of the best tidbits...
Does even the mere thought of coding in ICD-10-CM give you a pounding headache? Well, you’re in luck. ICD-10-CM has plenty of codes for reporting that headache. In order to code for a headache, we...
I just successfully passed the final exam, so I am now officially an American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) ICD-10 certified trainer! Leave it to me to procrastinate until almost...
