Platinum members can access a sample employee growth plan. If you are not a Platinum member and you want to upgrade your account, please call customer service at 800-650-6787.
The following information, taken from the 2020 DecisionHealth Medical Practice Staff Salary and Trends Survey administered June-July 2020, provides an up-close look at the demographics and attributes of today’s coding, billing, compliance and other administrative staff. Through this special report, you will discover how you compare with your peers and discover the new responsibilities that are emerging in your field.
Platinum members can access a sample occurrence report form. If you are not a Platinum member and you want to upgrade your account, please call customer service at 800-650-6787.
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.
During a meeting in early September, members of the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee proposed creating new ICD-10-CM codes related to screening, exposure, and personal history for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The new codes, if finalized, will take effect in January 2021.
Comments on the proposed changes are due to the committee by October 9.
This template was developed by the ACDIS Regulatory Committee to express support for the new codes. Coders may download it and populate with their organization name and any other relevant comments, and then submit it via email to nchsicd10CM@cdc.gov.
Platinum members can access a principal diagnosis query form. 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.
Platinum members can access an ICD-10-PCS crossword puzzle featuring Dilation codes for the upper arteries. If you are not a Platinum member and you want to upgrade your account, please call customer service at 800-650-6787.
