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As organizations prepare for the transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS, they need to assess their coders’ knowledge of anatomy and physiology. These 10 sample questions were taken from HCPro’s ICD-10 Competency Assessment for Coders: Anatomy and Physiology.

Payers often refer to these examples to determine the appropriate level of service for an emergency medicine claim. Caral Edelberg, CPC, CPMA, CAC, CCS-P, CHC, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer, president of Edelberg Compliance Associates of Baton Rouge, La., created this reference chart of examples for both CPT and American College of Emergency Physician Guidelines. If your claim is consistent with a case example but coded differently, be sure you have the supporting information in the record.

Kathy L. Dorale, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, Susan E. Garrison, CHCA, CHCAS, CHC, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-H, and Monica Lenahan, CCS, provide analysis and commentary on the results of the 2014 JustCoding Salary Survey in this special report.

Less than one year remains before the transition to ICD-10. Use these case studies to assess coders’ knowledge and understand of the new coding systems. These questions are adapted from HCPro’s The ICD-10 Competency Assessment for Coders: ICD-10-CM & ICD-10-PCS.  

Andrea Clark, RHIA, CCS, CPC-H, chair, founder, and CEO of Health Revenue Assurance Associates Plantation, Fla., and her team created this annotated spreadsheet of evaluation and management codes. In the SI column, N denotes a new code, C denotes revised codes, and D denotes deleted codes. 

Use this case study from HCPro’s ICD-10 Competency Assessment for Coders: ICD-10-CM & ICD-10-PCS to determine how well you understand ICD-10-CM code assignment.

Gloria MillerCPC, CPMA, vice president of reimbursement services at Comprehensive Healthcare Solutions, Inc. in Tacoma, Wash, provides a quick look at some of diagnoses codes for conditions that qualify for hyperbaric oxygen therapy.