Chronic ulcers are a prolific, costly problem in hospitals. This article examines the most common types of chronic ulcers—diabetic, venous, and pressure ulcers—and the ICD-10-CM guidance coders should know to properly report them. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are the most common drugs involved in overdose deaths in the U.S. Tonya Chandler, RHIT , examines ICD-10-CM reporting for fentanyl use, overdose, symptoms, and dependence through several coding scenarios.
Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC , covers the highlights from the Coding Clinic’s latest installment. It includes sequencing for cancer, COVID-19 screening updates, and analysis of “with” guidelines in ICD-10-CM.
CMS released the fiscal year 2024 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting on July 5. The release included updated language and examples for reporting COVID-19 preoperative testing, sepsis, the coma scale, and other conditions.
Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited disorders that causes red blood cell deformation. This article discusses the disease and covers new guidance for it and its manifestations according to FY 2024 ICD-10-CM guidelines and codes. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
Q: What are some tips for organizations that are just starting out capturing the type of information to report social determinant of health (SDOH) diagnoses in ICD-10-CM?
Julie Kyles, CPC, explains that CMS issued a modest set of hospital and practitioner procedure-to-procedure and medically unlikely edits in the latest quarterly update to the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits, effective July 1
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released the results of an audit of Medicare billing requirements for psychotherapy services submitted from March 2020 through February 2021 as providers adapted to changes introduced as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
