Attached is an operative note describing treatment for a severe acute postpartum hemorrage. Coding and billing considerations for the scenrario are detailed.
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This sample UTI due to indwelling catheter query was provided by Erica Braun, MS, BSN, RN, CCDS, manager of inpatient coding and CDI at Nebraska Methodist Health System in Omaha.
Platinum members can access the webinar ICD-10-PCS and CPT Reporting for Fusions and Complicated Spinal Procedures. If you are not a Platinum member and you want to upgrade your account, please call customer service at 800-650-6787.
Coders can use the following tip sheet to determine the appropriate use of modifier -58. These tips are pulled from the HCPro book, JustCoding’s Guide to Modifiers: Hospital Outpatient Edition by Susan E. Garrison, CHCA, CHCA-S, CHC, CPC, CCS-P, CPAR, COC, executive vice president of Med Law Advisors in Atlanta.
Hospital inpatient, Hospital outpatient, Questions and answers
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This sample COVID-19 query was developed by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist at ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts. Should you choose to use this sample, you adapt it to your particular programmatic needs, EHR system requirements, and organizational diagnostic criteria. CDI professionals should also ensure that all the answer options are clinically relevant for the particular patient.
