If you’re worried about getting your physicians trained for ICD-10, you’re not alone. Thea Campbell, MBA, RHIA, Melanie Endicott, MBA/HCM, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, Donna Smith, RHIA, and Sue Belley , MEd, RHIA, CPHQ, offer tips and strategies to educate physicians about the new code sets.
Hospital medicine is a specialty that provides inpatient services for patients admitted to the hospital. Hospitalists are often called on to consult in regards to and to follow medical problems that occur during hospitalization for surgery, psychiatric hospitalizations, and obstetrical patients. Lois E. Mazza, CPC, explains how to correctly report hospitalist services.
Emergency Departments (EDs) see a wide range of illnesses and injuries, from minor to major, which may require critical care. Lois E. Mazza, CPC, details how critical care is defined, what elements providers must document, and under what circumstances critical care can be coded for ED patients.
Coders and clinicians often seem to speak different languages. What a clinician considers important information may not be what a coder needs to assign the correct code. Clinicians may not document a piece of information that is vital to the coder. Rhonda Buckholtz, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I, CGSC, COBGC, CPEDC, CENTC, Joseph Nichols, MD, and Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CCDS, explain how clinicians and coders can work together to improve communication.
