In ICD-10-CM, complication codes are structured very differently than in ICD-9-CM. Instead of grouping the codes in one chapter, ICD-10-CM places...Read More »
In ICD-10-PCS every character has to have a value. "You don't have the option of putting a Z wherever you want just because you don't know that...Read More »
Donna Smith, RHIA, demonstrates a step-by-step analysis that can be used to determine the areas and service lines with the greatest exposure under ICD-10, along with mitigation opportunities using documentation specificity,
Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CCDS; Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN-Ed, CCDS, CDIP, discuss key elements in ICD-10-PCS that must be present in the documentation for accurate code assignment—there are no characters that stand for “the documentation doesn’t say.”
Victor Freeman, MD, MPP explains the need for evidence-based diagnostic criteria in the ED, why sepsis, acute renal failure, and acute respiratory failure are so poorly documented in the ED, and why capturing these diagnoses is critical for ensuring/promoting diagnosis capture in the rest of the...
