The Art of the Physician Query
An effective query process aids the hospital’s compliance with billing/coding rules. According to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
An effective query process aids the hospital’s compliance with billing/coding rules. According to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Have we lost the art of telling the patient’s story? Coming off of two weeks of health information management (HIM) conferences and listening to presentations
Some payers will take back the fee-for-service payment if the wrong diagnosis code is selected. There have been many conversations had since the healthcare industry
Don’t preoccupy yourself with DRGs, CCs and MCCs. I don’t think about my previous life as a practicing physician much, but I took a little
Applied correctly and consistently, these can solve the problem of missing query opportunities. With each passing year, it seems that clinical documentation improvement (CDI) branches
For some coders, confusion exists when coding for critical care services. Code 99291 is used for critical care, evaluation, and management of a critically ill or critically
Guidance and advice effective with discharges occurring on and after June 21, 2019. The American Hospital Association (AHA) Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS for the second quarter
“Let me count the ways.” EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Remer reported on this topic during the most recent edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays. I have been
Progress has been noted on this issue since first reported last July by ICD10monitor. Since the last Talk Ten Tuesday’s segment in August 2018 about
The author shares her thoughts on atrial fibrillation in the AHA Q2 Coding Clinic. I reviewed the Coding Clinic from Second Quarter and disagree with
Final ICD-10-CM codes for FY 2020 includes new and deleted codes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final ICD-10-CM codes for
Final ICD-10-PCS codes for FY 2020 are here. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final FY 2020 ICD-10-PCS codes on May
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