Depending on how they are sequenced, CC and MCC conditions can have a direct effect on MS-DRG assignment, says ACDIS Advisory Board member ...Read More »
Concurrent coding. It’s a process whereby coders assign ICD-9-CM codes throughout the patient’s stay, rather than after discharge. But the...Read More »
AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM released its first ICD-10 coding guidance in its Fourth Quarter 2012 issue. The guidance is welcome as the...Read More »
ICD-10-CM/PCS incorporates laterality, acuity, anatomical specificity, and a slew of additional combination and complication codes. Who will...Read More »
Most coders know that reporting a complication of care requires that the medical record include explicit documentation of the relationship between...Read More »