I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to feel a little like Chicken Little, yelling, “ICD-10 is coming!” instead of “The sky is falling!” And we’re all probably being met with the same polite (or...
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange’s (WEDI) most recent survey on ICD-10 readiness included a particularly alarming (at least to me) statistic: Approximately 25% of the 324 providers who...
I recently completed the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Academy for ICD-10 trainer session in Grapevine, TX. It was a whirlwind experience. The days were long, but it was...
Who knew St. Patrick’s Day was such a dangerous holiday? Take a look around the Fix ‘Em Up Clinic and see for yourself. First, we have Bobby, who was looking for a four-leaf clover. Unfortunately, he...
Patience may be a virtue, but knowledge is power. Okay, enough clichés. The bottom line is we’re still waiting for a new ICD-10 implementation date. HHS published the proposed rule, moving...
How much ICD-10 training are you ready for today? The American Health Information Management Association states: It would be impractical and a waste of resources and time to start training coders now...
The transition to ICD-10 code set is expected to be one of the most substantial changes in medical coding history and providers and payers need to start preparing now. Undoubtedly, you still have...
CMS Transmittal 1199 updates the national coverage determination (NCD) hard-coded shared system edits to include ICD-10-CM codes. CMS included 30 spreadsheets with the transmittal. The spreadsheets...
Ah, Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer. And the day after Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer injury season at Fix ’Em Up Clinic. Jackee took advantage of the long weekend by...
In ICD-9-CM, we know not to code solely from the Alphabetic Index. After all, the code could have additional digits or excludes notes or other coding directions (such as “code first” or “use an...
