CMS is asking for some social media help in support of ICD-10. The agency is planning a social media rally to encourage the healthcare community to get ready for the ICD-10 transition. You can sign...
Our friends at the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) and 1,400 or so of their closest friends have descended on San Antonio for their annual conference. Things did...
Here in Anytown we are getting blasted by a big winter storm, which means we’re also seeing lots of patients with storm-related injuries at the Fix ‘Em Up Clinic. Doug came into the clinic...
One advantage to using ICD-10-PCS is increased specificity. Coders will find increased specificity for the procedure, approach, device, and even anatomical region or body system. In the Medical and...
You know what keeps you up at night thinking about the ICD-10 transition. Have you ever wondered what causes CMS officials to lose sleep? For Denise Buenning, MsM, director of CMS’s administrative...
In ICD-10-CM, the eyes get their own chapter of codes. No more sharing with the ears, hear that? One of the first things you’ll notice in the chapter on diseases of the eyes is the significant...
A few blogs ago, I mentioned that I was creating an ICD-10 presentation for a client. During that process, I learned a lot about the huge project that is in front of all of us. I was tired just...
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is conducting an ICD-10 readiness survey to find out how ready the healthcare industry is for the October 1, 2015 implementation date. Providers,...
When teaching ICD-9-CM coding, I often use a little ditty, “sprains and strains are the same,” to remind myself that when a physician documents “strain,” I need to start with the main term of “sprain...
Dodge ball is not a game for wimps or the uncoordinated. Even master ball dodgers can end up in the Fix ‘Em Up Clinic. Steve engaged in a spirited game of dodge ball over the weekend, which resulted...
