When asked about the greatest obstacle in ICD-10 planning and implementation, survey respondents pointed to the continuing uncertainty about the final implementation date as their No. 1 concern, followed by staffing and competing priorities as additional difficulties.Read More »
William E. Haik, MD, FCCP, CDIP, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer, director with DRG Review, Inc., in Fort Walton Beach, Florida offers his insight on reporting additional diagnoses. Read More »
Ask pediatricians to consider the following documentation opportunities when writing their history and physicals (H&P), consults, progress notes, and discharge summaries, focusing on conditions present at the time of admission.Read More »
We’re just about six months away from the implementation of ICD-10 CM/PCS, and the AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS is rolling right along with advice for the new code set. ICD-10-PCS will be the greatest challenge facing coders this October, so the First Quarter 2015 edition focused...Read More »
Query revision for ICD-10-CM/ PCS compliance is underway for at least 51% of those responding to a recent ACDIS poll. Of the 657 responses, 46% indicated that their facility has not embarked on a query update project, with 3% waiting until after the implementation date and 14% indicating they...Read More »
Advocacy for the new code set continues Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, recounts the ICD-10-CM/PCS timeline and reiterates reasons for sticking to the 2015 implementation dateRead More »
Additional diagnoses can cause confusion for physicians and CDI specialists. Whether the concern is when they should be reported, or what constitutes an additional diagnosis, William E. Haik, MD, FCCP, CDIP, director for DRG Review, Inc., in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, says the...Read More »
The American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is considered by many clinicians as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis and classification of mental disorders. Following more than a decade...Read More »