I recently spoke with Barbara Hinkle-Azzara, RHIA , vice president of HIM operations for HRS Coding in Baltimore about preparing for ICD-10 and, more specifically, about the anticipated MS-DRG...
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. At least Shakespeare says so. And that has what to do with coding in ICD-10-PCS you might ask. Well, you won’t find...
Quite a few campers took advantage of the nice weather this weekend to make one last trip into the woods before winter. Unfortunately, some of them ended up in Fix ‘Em Up Clinic as a result of their...
While attending an American Health Information Management Association ICD-10 course, I was surprised to learn that there is a huge change to the coding guidelines regarding neoplasms. Currently in...
It’s the second week of deer camp and all the hunters are at Fix ‘Em Up Clinic. Moe came into the clinic with some serious frostbite. Apparently, he fell asleep in the latrine at the camp and spent...
These days it seems like a new ICD-10 tool is waiting for you around every corner. Be sure to periodically check different organization's websites, as many of them are constantly updating information...
The complexity and costs of the switch to IDC-10-CM/PCS will vary by the size of the organization. A large, multi-facility health system needs to review more areas and plan more changes than a five-...
Ann came in to Stitch ‘Em Up Hospital for a breast biopsy to confirm a diagnosis of breast cancer. Dr. Richards performed the biopsy and based on the results, decided to perform a partial mastectomy...
No joke this time. We have six months left until ICD-10 implementation. That’s a good news/bad news proposition. The good news is that all of the hard work we’ve put into training and implementation...
What a wild 12 days. On March 25, we were all preparing for the six-month-to-implementation milestone April 1. Some people were looking forward to that milestone more than others, but we had a plan...
