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Coding ICD-10-PCS Medical and Surgical-Related Sections: Understanding Obstetrics, Placement, And Administration
Author: Barta, Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
Editor’s note: This is the first article in a three article series discussing the Medical and Surgical-related sections of ICD-10-PCS.
THERE ARE NINE Medical and Surgical-related sections of ICD-10-PCS. This article, the first in a series of three articles disc....
Coding ICD-10-PCS Medical and Surgical-Related Sections: Understanding Osteopathic, Other Procedures, and Chiropractic
Author: Barta, Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA | Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: June 2014
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of three articles discussing the Medical and Surgical-related sections of ICD-10-PCS.
IN THIS ARTICLE, the Journal of AHIMA continues its three-part Coding Notes series focusing on the nine Medical and Surgical-related sections of ICD-10-PC....
Coding ICD-10-PCS Procedures in the Ancillary Sections: Understanding Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Therapy
Author: Kostick, Karen M.; Sanvik, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2014
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series of articles discussing the six Ancillary sections of ICD-10-PCS.
This article continues the Journal of AHIMA’s exploration of the different sections of ICD-10-PCS, focusing on the last three Ancillary sections. The side....
Coding ICD-10-PCS Procedures in the Ancillary Sections: Understanding Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Therapy
Author: Kostick, Karen M.; Sanvik, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2014
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a two-part series of articles discussing the six Ancillary sections of ICD-10-PCS.
This article continues the Journal of AHIMA’s exploration of the different sections of ICD-10-PCS, focusing on the six Ancillary sections. The....
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....
Coding Injuries in ICD-10-CM
Author: Zeisset, Ann M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: January 2011
Note: This article has been updated. The updated version is available here.
Coding in Long-Term Care Hospitals: How Medicare Distinguishes LTCHs from Other Providers
Author: Bronnert, June
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: April 2008
The term “long-term care hospital” (LTCH) can leave some in a quandary—do these facilities provide acute care or long-term care? Many people associate them with skilled nursing facilities.
However, LTCHs are not synonymous with skilled nursing facilities; each has....
Coding in the Ambulatory Surgery Center
Author: Peterson, Cindi
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2006
There are more than 4,200 ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) nationwide, performing more than 8 million surgical procedures annually.1 With the increased volume of outpatient procedures, there is no shortage of opportunities for coding professionals.
ASC coding can prove demanding, how....
Coding in the Coming Decade: Three Initiatives That Will Drive the Profession’s Evolution
Author: Buck, Stacie L
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: October 2008
The saying “The only thing that is constant is change” certainly describes the HIM profession and the role of coding professionals.
Over the last three decades the coding professional’s role has evolved dramatically, and it will continue to do so in the decades to c....
Coding Neoplasms in ICD-10-CM
Author: Bielby, Judy A
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: October 2011
ICD-10-CM codes provide greater detail than ICD-9-CM codes for reporting neoplasms. In many instances, ICD-10-CM neoplasm codes can provide information on whether a neoplasm occurred in a right-sided or left-sided body part. ICD-10-CM also provides codes for reporting neoplasm sites with great....
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