Summer means sand and sun for many people, but a day at the beach can result in a visit to the Fix ‘Em Up Clinic. Danielle hit the beach, but forgot her sunscreen. As a result, she ended up with a...
The Senate passed HR 4302 designed to patch the Sustainable Growth Rate that included a provision to delay ICD-10 implementation until at least October 1, 2015. The bill, approved by the House in a...
It may sound like such a small detail, but when your information technology (IT) team is looking to revamp and redesign your system, it's vital that you specifically request that the new system uses...
During the ICD-9-CM Coordination & Maintenance Committee Meeting on Sept. 15, CMS representative Pat Brooks, RHIA, announced that the committee had finalized the decision to implement a partial...
With 2013 seemingly so far away, many post-acute care organizations, including long-term care facilities, homecare agencies, and hospices, have not started their ICD-10 coding training. Many want to...
Our good friends at the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) have descended on Sin City for the seventh annual ACDIS conference. And while what happens in Vegas might...
Hospitals and physician practices are used to being in competition with each other and maintaing a veil of secrecy over internal operations. Well, that’s not really limited to just healthcare, it...
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. How…nice. Fortunately, the tree is way too big for the living room (it also clashes with my real Christmas tree)...
One of the major reasons cited for moving from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM is that the new coding system is more specific. So I thought I would look at some of the coding challenges we have today with ICD-...
If you have taken a peek at a draft ICD-10-PCS Manual , you probably realize that you need to be come familiar with a number of root procedures, some of which you may not even be familiar with. But...
