The American Medical Association (AMA) recently announced the updates included in the CPT 2025 code set. These updates include 270 new codes, 112 deletions, and 38 revisions, according to...Read More »
CMS has issued its latest series of change request (CR) modifications to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), according to a federal press release.
Q: Consider patients who are admitted with cellulitis and have type 2 diabetes mellitus with no neuropathy or elevated glucose levels. Should coders query the provider to clarify if the cellulitis is caused by the diabetes, or should such a query only be sent if a patient has other...Read More »
A new clinical study suggests that a combination of three factors—high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), LDL cholesterol, and lipoprotein(a), or lp(a)—can accurately predict women’s 30-year risk for both coronary heart disease and stroke,...Read More »
A cohort study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that the detection of incident stroke events is moderately accurate when using ICD-10-CM...Read More »
This year’s AHIMA conference takes place October 27-29 in Salt Lake City, and the agenda is packed with great education for all HIM and CDI professionals!
The education is divided into six tracks, two of which are brand new for 2024:
Approximately a third of nurses experiencing symptoms of burnout cited electronic health records (EHR) as a contributing factor, a new report suggests.
Q: What ICD-10-CM code should we report for a periprosthetic fracture due to an injury? Do you use the S codes for a traumatic fracture with a secondary code for replacement, or do you select a code from the M97 (Periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic joint) category?...Read More »
