Author: Hutchinson, Mark R.; Stanfill, Mary H

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: April 2003

There are 206 bones in the human body and each is susceptible to fracture. The choices in fracture management are complex and based on a number of issues including fracture type, fracture pattern, specific bone, age of fracture, age of patient, associated injuries, and physician preference. Co....

Author: Fortune, Nicola

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: July 2004

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) provides a framework for the conceptualization, classification, and measurement of human functioning and disability. The World Health Assembly endorsed the ICF in May 2001.1 It is now recognized as a reference membe....

Author: Kostick, Karen M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: February 2004

V codes, described in the ICD-9-CM chapter “Supplementary Classification of Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services,” are often misunderstood in reporting healthcare services. These codes are designed for occasions when circumstances other than a disease....

Author: Kostick, Karen M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: November 2011

Editor's note: This column supercedes the February 2004 article "From V Codes to Z Codes: Transitioning to ICD-10."

V codes, described in the ICD-9-CM chapter "Supplementary Classification of Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services," are designed for occasi....

Author: Johnson, Laurie M.; Garrett, Gail S.

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2006

The Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule for fiscal year 2007 will prove challenging for inpatient providers. The rule (published in the August 18 Federal Register and available at www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a060818c.html) includes some of the most comprehensive changes....

Author: Schwab, Linda

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: November 2008

The final rule for the FY 2009 hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) went into effect October 1, 2008. Although there are relatively few changes to MS-DRGs and the complication and comorbidity (CC) and major CC (MCC) lists, the final rule signals that the Centers for Medicare an....

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....

Author: DeVault, Kathryn

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: November 2010

The final rule for the FY 2011 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System was released July 30, 2010. Changes in the rule went into effect with October 1, 2010, inpatient discharges.

The changes to MS-DRGs and the complication and comorbidity (CC) and major complication and comorb....

Author: DeVault, Kathryn

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: November 2011

The final rule for the FY 2012 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System was released August 1, 2011. Changes in the rule went into effect with October 1, 2011, inpatient discharges.
MS-DRG Documentation and Coding Adjustment

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services....

Author: Rihanek, Theresa

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: April 2012

Limited updates were made to ICD-10-PCS for fiscal year 2012 as set forth under the partial code freeze established by the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee.1 The freeze is intended to aid the transition to the new code set by limiting updates for 2012 and 2013 to essential chan....