Thinking about exiting the coding profession before the transition to ICD-10? Laura Legg, RHIT, CCS, enjoys coding too much to give it up and offers some tips for how to prepare for the transition.
Nervous or worried about the upcoming transition to ICD-10-PCS? Don’t be. Charlotte Lane, RHIA, CCS, and Melanie Endicott, MBA/HCM, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, offer up tips to reduce your anxiety about the new coding system.
Approach is the fifth character in the ICD-10-PCS code. Laura Legg, RHIT, CCS, AHIMA-approved ICD-10 CM/PCS trainer , reviews the seven approaches used in ICD-10-PCS.
BCCS recently spoke with advisory board member Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, about the role of state HIM associations in ICD-10-CM/PCS coder education. The following is a summary of that conversation. Bryant serves as the president of the California Health Information Association (CHIA), which has approximately 5,000 members to date. For more information, visit http://californiahia.org .
A lot of learning is ahead for coders and others who will need to learn how to code in ICD-10. There are changes all around, and OB coding is no exception. Lori-Lynne A, Webb, COBGC, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, explains coding for OB ultrasounds, amniocentesis, MRIs, and other procedures in CPT ® , ICD-9, and ICD-10
ICD-10 implementation challenges will vary from organization to organization, depending on size, setting, and patient mix. Factor in physician buy-in and budget woes, and implementation seems overwhelming.
ICD-10-PCS is a whole new ball game for inpatient coders. Everything will change. Coders have been hearing that almost constantly since CMS announced the first ICD-10 implementation date in 2009.
When outpatient hospitals and physicians switch to ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes October 1, they will still continue to use CPT ® codes to report procedures. But some facilities are planning to use the new procedure code set, ICD-10-PCS, as well.
Despite all the uncertainty surrounding the implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS, the Cooperating Parties (i.e., the American Hospital Association, AHIMA, CMS, and the National Center for Healthcare Statistics) nevertheless decided that the farewell issue of Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM (which was published in the first quarter of 2014) will remain the farewell issue.
Maternal fetal medicine procedures highlight the differences between ICD-9-CM procedure codes and ICD-10-PCS codes and can serve as a foundation for understanding ICD-10-PCS. Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, COBGC, demonstrates how coding for fetal thoracentesis will change after the switch to ICD-10.
