A Policy Shift Impacting Medical Coding in Healthcare
A recent executive order from President Donald J. Trump has introduced potential shifts in healthcare policy, raising questions about insurance coverage, medical coding, and compliance
A recent executive order from President Donald J. Trump has introduced potential shifts in healthcare policy, raising questions about insurance coverage, medical coding, and compliance
The political movement to restrict abortion access following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v.
Continuing with our look at areas of coding confusion, let’s today examine pain. According to Medline Plus Magazine from the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
Clinical documentation integrity, or CDI, represents the systematic process of enhancing medical documentation accuracy, completeness, and specificity within healthcare settings. Far from being merely administrative
I recently mentioned that some facilities are receiving payer denials through which a reportable, clinically valid, documented diagnosis is removed from a claim because the
When assigning for behavioral health, coders note the difference in the codes for bipolar disorder type I and bipolar disorder type II, but often wonder:
Today, I want to bring attention to an issue that is once again under scrutiny, how hospitals report patient harm events under the Centers for
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its updated stats report in February 2025 on maternal mortality in the United States for 2023,
February is American Heart Month. Takotsubo syndrome is also known as broken heart syndrome. According to the American College of Cardiology, it typically occurs following
This week I would like to address myths about multiple-choice physician queries that persist, despite guidance from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and
I am so grateful to have the opportunity to use this platform and my Talk Ten Tuesdays segment, “My Talk,” to shine a spotlight on
While we think of Oct. 1 as the date we look for new ICD-10 codes and changes, in the past few years we have seen
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This second session in our 2026 IPPS Masterclass will feature a review the FY26 changes to ICD-10-PCS codes. This information will be presented by nationally recognized ICD-10 coding expert Christine Geiger, MA, RHIA, CCS, CRC, with bonus insights and analysis from Dr. James Kennedy.
This first session in our 2026 IPPS Masterclass will feature an in-depth explanation of FY26 changes to ICD-10-CM codes and guidelines, CCs/MCCs, and revisions to the MCE, presented by presented by nationally recognized ICD-10 coding expert Christine Geiger, MA, RHIA, CCS, CRC, with bonus insights and analysis from Dr. James Kennedy.
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