Last week, Steve spent some serious time at the craps table in Las Vegas. He was on a real roll with those dice, racking up a 14-hour winning streak. However, on that last throw, something went very...
In my last blog post , I explained how I tackled the challenge of educating myself about ICD-10, realizing the significant cost that would be associated with registering for every ICD-10 Webinar,...
When we think of all of the steps we have to take to get ready for ICD-10 implementation, missing one step in the planning process could cause chaos in your facility. Don’t forget about 5010! Your...
One major difference between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM is the addition of a seventh character. This seventh digit is used in certain ICD-10 codes to provide additional information about the encounter (e...
You can expect ICD-10 updates to follow the same timeline that you are already accustomed to for ICD-9—almost. An ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting was held September 15-16,...
Sometimes a physician just needs to take a look around a body part and see what’s what. If the physician’s sole objective is to examine a body part, either visually or manually, report the procedure...
Jacob comes into the Fix ‘Em Up Clinic with a hairy problem—namely too much hair. He’s covered in it, head to tail, I mean toe. He also reports a strange urge to howl at the moon and a severe allergy...
Sometimes we get really excited about code changes, especially when they have such a huge impact on documentation issues. One such exciting change is in the ICD-10 coding guidelines for Chapter 6:...
Certain conditions have both an underlying etiology and multiple body system manifestations due to the underlying etiology. ICD-10-CM coding conventions for such conditions require coders to report...
Joe came into the Stitch ‘Em Up Hospital for a colonoscopy and therapeutic polypectomy. Once Joe was under, Dr. Ben E. Full performed a digital rectal exam, which showed good sphincter tone. Dr. Full...
