Those following the episodic turns of the ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation saga witnessed another dramatic plot twist in the narrative this week when ...Read More »
Anemia is a tricky condition from a diagnostic standpoint because as many as one-third of patients in the U.S. could have some type of anemia,...Read More »
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,
