At the American Academy of Professional Coders national conference in Las Vegas, the ICD-10 sessions were buzzing as the HIM/coding community sounded out about the impact ICD-10 will have on...
One of the big changes to coding glaucoma in ICD-10-CM is the addition of laterality to the codes. ICD-10-CM includes options for right, left, bilateral, and unspecified. ICD-10-CM also includes...
It’s Groundhog Day…over and over in the comedy Groundhog Day. Poor Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray) does his best to escape the never-ending cycle by killing himself in some creative ways. It’s...
Coding productivity will decrease at least initially with the switch to ICD-10-CM/PCS. But do you know how productive your coders are now? If the answer is no, consider following the example of Mary...
Welcome to the Middle Ages, when your chance of dying from the plague is around 50-50. The bubonic plague likely wiped out 75-200 million people in Europe in the 14 th century alone. For the...
I taught the first “official” two-day HCPro ICD-10 Basics Boot Camp™ a couple weeks ago. I was pleasantly surprised that all 50 participants felt the new coding system was easily learned. If I can...
We’ve hit the middle of August and Anytown’s summer adult baseball league is winding down its season. Just like the pros, though, our players haven’t escaped injury free. Randy, the league’s top...
Composers lead pretty safe lives, right? They compose music, conduct the symphony, and hang out at post-show parties. And we’re not talking rock star parties. Sometimes, though, that job isn’t so...
The 2011 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines include several changes relating to the correct coding for neoplasms. Chapter 2 of the ICD-10-CM contains the codes for most benign and all malignant neoplasms...
...and the documentation coach will turn into a pumpkin if you're not on time. As a CDI specialist, what has been your approach to ICD-10? Are you hoping it will go away? Are you waiting for 2014?...
