ICD-10 implementation and coding present plenty of challenges, especially when it comes to ICD-10-PCS. Plenty of myths are also floating around and some of them fairly prevalent. One way to make sure the most recent ICD-10 implementation delay is the last ICD-10 implementation delay is to bust some of these myths.
The AHA’s Coding Clinic for ICD-10 continues to provide updates and guidance for a variety of inpatient procedures, both routine and not so routine. J ames S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, Anita Rapier, RHIT, CCS, and Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, highlight some important advice from Coding Clinic.
After several delays, ICD-10 implementation is finally upon us. The healthcare industry has spent years planning, training, and testing?and now the moment we have all been waiting for has arrived. But don't breathe a sigh of relief just yet.
ICD-10-PCS implementation is less than a year away, so the pressure is on coders to learn the new system and maintain productivity. Gerri Walk, RHIA, CCS-P, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer, discusses how to overcome some of the challenges inpatient coders will face in ICD-10-PCS.
Coding Clinic's Third and Fourth Quarter 2013 issues focus considerable attention on ICD-10-PCS procedure coding. On p. 18, Coding Clinic Third Quarter 2013 states that the coding of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) depends on the end placement of the PICC line?that is, where the device ends up.
Coronary artery bypass graft procedures are not the only ones coders will report using the root operation Bypass in ICD-10-PCS. Jennifer E. Avery, CCS, CPC-H, CPC, CPC-I, and Lisa Crow, MBA, RHIA, explain how to code for other bypass procedures in ICD-10-PCS.
Coders may struggle to differentiate the ICD-10-PCS root operations excision and resection. Nena Scott, MSEd, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer, and Mark Dominesey, RN, BSN, MBA, CCDS, CDIP, explain why excision is the root operation of choice for excisional debridement and sebaceous cyst removal.
ICD-10-PCS root operations Occlusion, Restriction, and Dilation involve changing the diameter of a tubular body part. Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CCDS, and Angie Comfort, RHIT, CDIP, CCS, review the definitions of these root operations and examine when they should be used.
ICD-10-CM root operations excision and resection are sometimes hard to differentiate. ICD-10-PCS defines excision (B) as cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part. Resection (T) is almost identical, but involves cutting out or off the entire body part.
