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...
Congress is getting involved in the ICD-10 transition again with a new bill introduced into the House of Representatives May 12. The good news is H.R. 2247 , Increasing Clarity for Doctors by...
When last we left our intrepid hero, Luke Skywalker, he was well on the road to recovery after being bashed by a wampa and spending the night in the belly of a Tauntaun. Now he’s off to the Dagobah...
If you code for pregnant patients and newborns, you may occasionally wonder which record to code a condition on. Is it something you code for the mother or for her offspring? ICD-10-CM divides the...
