Just because physicians may document the term excisional debridement it doesn’t mean that coders can automatically code the procedure, said ...Read More »
It may be too early to start intensive ICD-10-CM training for your coding and CDI team, but now is a good time to at least become familiar with...Read More »
It’s not enough to know whether heart failure is systolic or diastolic. Congestive heart failure (CHF), for example, isn’t an inherent component...Read More »
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is one example of a condition for which coders and CDI specialists should understand clinical indicators before...Read More »
Over the years all authoritative coding sources referred to sepsis and septicemia as the same condition. Finally, in 2008, these coding references...Read More »
MS-DRG 432 (cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis with MCC) is one of many MS-DRGs slated for RAC validation audits by HealthDataInsights and Connolly...Read More »
The new, revised, and deleted ICD-9-CM codes, effective October 1, 2010, are now out. You can find them in a zip file on the CMS website, here:...Read More »
Despite some misconceptions to the contrary, a coder may report angina, unstable (411.1) if a physician documents any of the following diagnoses...Read More »
