This word search includes terms used in the CPT Manual to describe complex cardiac procedures. Coders can complete this word search and review the definitions for each term included in the word search to familiarize themselves with cardiac terminology.
The following is a case scenario featuring ICD-10-CM codes for opioid overdose. This scenario was provided by Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, COBGC, ICD-10-CM/PCS, trainer and procedural coding, compliance, data charge entry, and HIPAA privacy specialist. Webb’s coding specialty is OB/GYN office and hospitalist services, maternal fetal medicine, OB/GYN oncology, urology, and general surgical coding. She can be reached via email at webbservices.lori@gmail.com. You can also find more coding information from her at http://lori-lynnescodingcoachblog.blogspot.com/.
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The following coding case scenarios are excerpted from JustCoding’s Guide to Emergency Department Coding by Nena Scott, PhD, MSEd, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer, and William L. Malm, ND, RN, CRCR, CMAS, managing director at Health Revenue Integrity Services in Cleveland, Ohio, and Melbourne, Australia.
The following coding case scenarios were reviewed during the HCPro webinar, Strategies for Successful CPT Coding of Lower Extremity Interventional Radiology. This program provides a comprehensive overview of coding and reporting rules for common catheter-based interventions performed in the lower-extremity arteries and veins, such as angioplasty, atherectomy, thrombolysis, thrombectomy, and stent placement.
This sample respiratory failure query was provided by Debra A. LeDeox, RN, CCDS, CDI coordinator at Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson, New York.
This sample has been reviewed and approved by the ACDIS Forms & Tools Library Committee. The committee recommends that, should you choose to use this sample, you adapt it to your particular programmatic needs, EHR system requirements, and organizational diagnostic criteria.
The committee also suggests that mature programs may want to simplify and consolidate some of the language in this sample in order to make it more concise. For example, the first two and the last two paragraphs of the query may be combined into one, greatly shortening the template. As providers are busy, they may not respond if the query is too lengthy. While the additional information in this sample may be a helpful educational tool for a newer program, mature programs should consider ways in which they could simplify the template to encourage provider response and limit query fatigue.
