Use this five-question quiz to test your knowledge of ICD-10-PCS medical and surgical codes for the lower veins. See the answers at the bottom of page 2.
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This report from HIM Briefings (formerly Medical Records Briefing) looks at trends that may emerge in 2016 and what your organization may want to focus on.
Inpatient coders can struggle with documentation requirements for wound care procedures. Gloryanne Bryant, BS, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, and Robert S. Gold, MD, provided this sample wound care procedure note during the HCPro audio conference Inpatient Wound Care Coding: Clinical Information and Documentation Strategies.
Coders will still be dealing with CCs and MCCs in ICD-10. Tara L. Bell, RN, MSN, CCM, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer, senior consultant with UASI for CDI and ICD-10, created this cheat sheet showing some of the CCs and MCCs for respiratory conditions in both ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM.
This sample chapter from JustCoding’s ICD-10-PCS Medical and Surgical Root Operations Training Handbookcovers root operations that can be described as “others.” They don’t have a common theme, like always needing a device. They really don’t fall under any of the other root operations classifications, so they end up here. Depending on your case mix, you may never need these root operations, but it’s still good to be familiar with them.
Deborah K. Hale, CCS, CCDS, president of Administrative Consultant Service, LLC, in Shawnee, Okla, provided this pocket card to use when determining whether a patient should be admitted.
AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM released its Third and Fourth Quarter 2013 editions of ICD-10 coding guidance, at the close of 2013. As a special supplement to the January edition of the CDI Journal, HCPro CDI Education Director Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP, discusses information included in the releases.
