You may have noticed that the ICD-10 manuals have the word “draft” splashed all over them. (If you have an actual paper ICD-10 manual that is. The PDFs don’t include the word draft.) I had someone...
One of the biggest changes in ICD-10-CM is the volume of codes that specify laterality. Providers will need to document which side, right or left, that the injury or diagnosis has occurred for...
We’ve survived the holiday feast and decided to skip the doorbusting to head out and visit the cute and fluffy animals at the Anytown Zoo. Of course, no outing would be complete without some injuries...
A patient comes in with displaced fracture of base of second metacarpal bone of his right hand. The physician treats the patient and sends him home. The coder would report ICD-10-CM code S62.310A for...
General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs) were the creation of work completed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CMS, the American Health Information Management Association, the American...
Our sister publication , Medical Records Briefing, is conducting a benchmarking survey on ICD-10 implementation, and we would appreciate your input. Please take a few moments to complete this survey...
When I first heard that the American Medical Association (AMA) is still fighting against ICD-10 implementation, I thought, “Seriously?” and rolled my eyes. In case you haven’t heard, the AMA’s House...
Have you started dual coding for ICD-9 and ICD-10? Two facilities shared their experiences today during the AHA’s webinar, Lessons Learned on Dual Coding–A Provider’s View. The first thing you need...
Athenian philosopher Socrates famously drank poisonoud hemlock after being found guilty of corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens and of impiety for not believing in the gods of the state...
Several years ago, a pharmaceutical company came under fire because its sales reps were pushing the company’s drugs using Tigger and Eeyore, two popular characters from the "Winnie the Pooh" series...
