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Resolving Coding Questions: Where to Find Answers to Coding Questions
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: April 2010
WHEN CODING Questions arise, coding professionals should evaluate all possible resources, including querying physicians, networking with other coding professionals, and seeking official coding advice. These techniques help ensure consistent healthcare diagnostic and procedure coding.
Keeping It Clean: How to Improve Claim Collection Rates
Author: Bowden, Karen
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: March 2010
Like the rest of the US economy, the healthcare industry is facing some harsh economic realities today. Credit is tight and the public sector continues to slash spending, requiring healthcare providers-especially hospitals-to rein in costs and protect revenue.
In times like these, h....
ICD-10-PCS Root Operation Groups
Author: Zeisset, Ann M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: March 2010
Root Operations that Take Out Some or All of a Body Part
The medical and surgical procedure section of ICD-10-PCS contains most, but not all, procedures typically reported in the hospital inpatient setting. As with all codes in ICD-10-PCS, the medical and surgical procedure codes contain....
2010 CPT Coding Update
Author: DeVault, Kathryn
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: February 2010
Changes to CPT codes for 2010 include 219 additions, 141 revisions, and 63 deletions. This article highlights some of the more notable changes; a comprehensive list can be found in appendix B of the 2010 CPT coding book. The changes took effect January 1.
Resequencing
The most n....
ICD-10-PCS Root Operation Guidelines
Author: Zeisset, Ann M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: February 2010
ICD-10-PCS has a completely different structure than ICD-9-CM. Each ICD-10-PCS code consists of individual values rather than lists of fixed codes and text descriptions, with each value containing a unique definition. The objective of the procedure is identified in the third character, the roo....
FY 2010 Changes to the Hospital IPPS
Author: DeVault, Kathryn
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: November 2009
The final rule for the FY 2010 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System was released on July 31, 2009. Changes in the rule went into effect with inpatient discharges of October 1, 2009, and are reflected in Grouper Version 27.0.
The changes to MS-DRGs and the complication and co....
Coding in Critical Access Hospitals
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: November 2009
National health policy has been increasingly responsive to the healthcare needs of rural residents and providers. Rural America has a large percentage of the nation’s Medicare population, and this percentage continues to grow as residents born in the Baby Boomer generation begin to retir....
CDI Opportunities for HIM Professionals
Author: Endicott, Melanie; Gardner, Amy
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: October 2009
The HIM field continues to expand and change, opening up more opportunities for HIM practitioners to move out of the HIM department and into other areas of the hospital. Recent initiatives, such as ICD-10-CM/PCS, MS-DRGs, Hospital-Acquired Conditions, and Present on Admission reporting, have b....
Differentiating Procedure Approach in ICD-10-PCS: Fifth Character Captures Specificity
Author: Barta, Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: October 2009
One of ICD-10-PCS’s goals is to ensure a complete picture of a patient’s procedure. Completeness means that there is a unique code for all substantially different procedures, including the same procedure performed using a different approach.
All ICD-10-PCS codes are seven....
New ICD-9-CM Procedure Codes for FY 2010
Author: Schraffenberger, Lou Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: September 2009
New ICD-9-CM procedure codes for fiscal year 2010 go into effect October 1, 2009. This article highlights the new and revised procedure codes. The 2009 addenda with all changes to the ICD-9-CM procedure tabular and alphabetic index (volume 3) is located on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid....
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