A survey conducted in May and June 2015 found providers have completed many steps toward ICD-10 implementation, but lag behind in testing and expect to continue managing the impact after the deadline.
The American Medical Association (AMA) is pushing for a two-year safe harbor for physicians so the doctors won’t be penalized for “errors, mistakes, and malfunctions relating to the transition.” That...
Mary decided to take advantage of a break in the rainy weather to head out and do some bird watching. The birds, however, were in no mood to be watched. Mary first came upon a warbler nest with four...
ICD-10-PCS does not include unspecified options so coders will need information for each of the seventh characters in the code. Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP, and Lynn Salois, RHIT, CCS, CDIP, review some of the areas where a surgical query might be needed.
Coding Clinic serves as the Supreme Court in interpreting ICD?9?CM or ICD?10?CM/PCS and their guidelines. James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, Kyra Brown, RHIA, CCS, and Nelly Leon-Chisen, RHIA, discuss the best ways to use this additional guidance.
Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS , highlights guidance on ICD-10-PCS root operations and seventh characters for ICD-10-CM from the latest issue of Coding Clinic .
Q: In ICD-9-CM, sprains and strains fall under the same codes. Will that also be the case in ICD-10-CM or are we going to report these injuries separately?
Coders will find 50 new codes in ICD-10-PCS for 2016, according to the summary of changes posted by CMS . CMS also introduced a new section for ICD-10-PCS, X (new technology). In addition, guidelines B3.11b, B3.4a, B3.2b, and B4.1b were revised in response to public comment.
Sometimes the logic of the American Medical Association (AMA) escapes me. Okay, most of the time, I have no idea what the people at the AMA are thinking. Take the organization’s continuing crusade to...
Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Alabama, doesn't want providers penalized for ICD-10 "errors, mistakes, and malfunctions relating to the transition" for two years after implementation. Unfortunately, it doesn't...
The Alabama state Senate passed a Joint Resolution urging Congress to delay the October 1, 2015 ICD-10 implementation. In and of itself, the resolution means very little. States cannot override the...
Shelley C. Safian, PhD, RHIA, CCS-P, CPC-H, CPC-I, writes aboutwhat additional details coders will need to find in documentation to report pneumonia to the highest degree of specificity in ICD-10-CM and how to report it as a manifestation.
A Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) study found that the improper payment rate for radiation therapy planning claims was significantly higher than many other physician specialty services, according to the Medicare Quarterly Compliance Newsletter .
What is the correct ICD-9-CM code for pneumonia due to E. coli? A) 482.81 B) 482.82 C) 482.83 D) 482.84 Know the answer and want to be featured in the next issue of JustCoding News: Outpatient?...
Q: A patient arrives at the interventional radiology department to have an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter inserted for portal hypertension and an iliac stent for May-Thurner syndrome. The physician is unsuccessful in accessing an appropriate portal vein branch, despite a few attempts to pass a wire into small portal branches, and aborts the placement. The plan is to reschedule and return with a transplenic approach. Do we code the attempted IVC filter placement with modifier -74 (discontinued outpatient procedure after anesthesia administered) and the complete iliac stent procedure? Or do we code the extent of the IVC filter placement (that being venography) with the complete procedure? Or do we only code the completed procedure?
The American Medical Association (AMA) is trying to get a seat at the ICD-10 table by resolving to request inclusion as one of the Cooperating Parties. Mind you, today’s resolution at the AMA annual...
The AMA and Republican congressmen have been working together for quite a w hile to try and kill ICD-10, but their latest attempt shows not only desperation, but a fundamental misunderstanding of how...
We’re very excited to add a new voice to the ICD-10 Trainer blog family. I’ve (cough, cough) volunteered Steve Andrews to write for the blog. The joys of being the boss. Steve joined HCPro and...
One of the best parts of attending the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists’ (ACDIS) 8 th Annual Conference is talking with others in the field to find out what documentation...
