Use this crossword puzzle to test how well you can assign ICD-10-CM codes. The clues provide the description of the diagnosis. The code is the answer, and decimals count as one square.
Use this crossword puzzle to test how well you can assign ICD-10-CM codes. The clues provide the description of the procedure. The code is the answer, and decimals count as one square.
Use this flow chart to help determine whether process changes are necessary to reach your goal of a 24-hour history and physical turnaround time. Gather baseline data (a good starting sample is 30 medical records) and pull together a team (per- haps consisting of the transcription manager and transcriptionists) to “flow out” the process.
Coders need to know the official definitions for the root operations in ICD-10-PCS in order to build the correct code. Use this match game to test your knowledge of the nuances of ICD-10-PCS root operations.
The HIM team at Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (N.H.) produces Coding Commentary, a monthly newsletter dedicated to coding and documentation. View a sample of the newsletter and a Q&A with Chris Simons, MS, RHIA, director of HIM and privacy officer at Cheshire. The interview and newsletter originally appeared in the August 2012 issue of Medical Records Briefing.
Use this crossword puzzle to test how well you can assign ICD-10-PCS codes. The clues provide the description of the procedure. The code is the answer. Have fun!
This form can be used to query physicians for additional information for HIV patients. It was submitted by Ameena AbdulMalik of Hermann Memorial Healthcare System in Texas. It was originally published by the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists in July.
