Many of the speakers at the AHIMA’s ICD-10 Summit April 11-12 in Baltimore stressed the importance of working together. Physicians, coders, and information technology folks all need to work together...
As we continue to move closer to ICD-10 implementation (still set for October 1, 2015), I keep finding more reasons why we need better documentation. I am not trying to pick on physicians (really),...
Poor Wile E. Coyote ® . He just came into the Acme ED with a skull fracture caused by a falling boulder. It seems the Roadrunner ® got away again. Dr. Frankenbean documents a closed fracture of the...
Kids will soon be heading back to school here in Anytown, which also means the sports teams are holding preseason camps. And some of our local players practice a little too hard. Take Shaun, for...
We’re one step closer to knowing whether the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will actually delay ICD-10 implementation and if so, by how long. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
Mr. Jack O. Lantern is here at Stich ‘Em Up Hospital to have his guts removed. Dr. Carver begins by removing a section of Jack’s skull, then begins to remove Jack’s guts. How would we code this...
ICD-10 will change more than just the code sets and will impact more than just your coders. The clinical area will face many changes because so many health plan policies are going to change, says...
Coders often report signs and symptoms when physicians document them in the patient’s medical record. However, coders should not always report additional codes for signs and symptoms. How can coders...
When the American Medical Association (AMA) made it clear back in November that it wanted to delay the transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS, the first thing that came to mind was ... are you kidding me?...
ICD-10-CM is all about specificity, right? The increased detail is one of the reasons the U.S. is (finally) moving to the new system. So true or false: you should never report a nonspecific code...
