The Alabama state Senate passed a Joint Resolution urging Congress to delay the October 1, 2015 ICD-10 implementation. In and of itself, the resolution means very little. States cannot override the...
Shelley C. Safian, PhD, RHIA, CCS-P, CPC-H, CPC-I, writes aboutwhat additional details coders will need to find in documentation to report pneumonia to the highest degree of specificity in ICD-10-CM and how to report it as a manifestation.
What is the correct ICD-9-CM code for pneumonia due to E. coli? A) 482.81 B) 482.82 C) 482.83 D) 482.84 Know the answer and want to be featured in the next issue of JustCoding News: Outpatient?...
The American Medical Association (AMA) is trying to get a seat at the ICD-10 table by resolving to request inclusion as one of the Cooperating Parties. Mind you, today’s resolution at the AMA annual...
The AMA and Republican congressmen have been working together for quite a w hile to try and kill ICD-10, but their latest attempt shows not only desperation, but a fundamental misunderstanding of how...
We’re very excited to add a new voice to the ICD-10 Trainer blog family. I’ve (cough, cough) volunteered Steve Andrews to write for the blog. The joys of being the boss. Steve joined HCPro and...
One of the best parts of attending the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists’ (ACDIS) 8 th Annual Conference is talking with others in the field to find out what documentation...
CMS declared its second week of ICD-10 end-to-end testing , held from April 27 through May 1, a success. Approximately 875 participants submitted 23,138 test claims during the week and CMS accepted...
Are you currently dual coding to prepare for ICD-10 implementation? Or are you double coding? Do you know the difference? When you dual code, you assign both ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 codes to the same...
Ah, summer—sand, surf, and…ICD-10 education? That’s right. Summer, especially this summer, is no time to stop your ICD-10 education. We have 125 days left until ICD-10 implementation, so we need to...
Our friends at the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) held their 8 th annual conference last week. Aside from a few mishaps involving their crack team of CDI...
This sample case study is an excerpt from HCPro’s ICD-10 Competency Assessment for Coders , which is a resource included in the ICD-10 Training Toolkit . The toolkit provides the building blocks for your training programs for physicians as well as coding, HIM, documentation, and billing professionals in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
ICD-10-CM codes for reporting dementia diagnoses include new specificity. Caren J. Swartz, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I, CIC, and Betty Hovey, CPC, CPC-H, CPB, CPMA, CPC-I, CPCD, examine what terms and details providers might need to add to their documentation.
Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) specialists are a passionate group and they love ACDIS director Brian Murphy. They love him so much, in fact, that his appearance in the exhibit hall at the...
Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CCDS, and Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP, compare and contrast coding for poisonings and adverse effects in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM and explain the new concept of underdosing.
Great tip from 3M's Donna Smith, the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists conference general session speaker. "We're collecting data for the future. It is a little...
Super CDI specialist Cheryl loves Mexican food. Really, she loves it a little too much. She decided to celebrate the end of her teaching duties at the Association of Clinical Documentation...
Our friends at the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) and 1,400 or so of their closest friends have descended on San Antonio for their annual conference. Things did...
