The goals of coding should always be ensuring data accuracy and capturing a patient’s true clinical picture. Knowing the intent of an ICD-9-CM code is crucial. However, coding guidelines and official coding guidance sometimes conflict with these goals, putting...Read More »
There's no better way to celebrate the New Year than with these educational opportunities. Make good on your CDI educational resolutions. Get involved. The following states are holding meetings in January:
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has not made any formal decisions regarding when it will begin publishing a separate Coding Clinic for ICD-10, contrary to what was reported in a previous edition of CDI Strategies, according to Nelly Leon-Chisen, RHIA, director of...Read More »
On December 7, CMS published a final rule in the Federal Register that will give qualified organizations such as employers and consumer groups access to data to help them identify high quality healthcare providers or create online tools to help consumers make educated healthcare choices...Read More »
Most of the cases that HIM professionals code are straightforward; some are more difficult, and a few just drive them crazy. Consider the benefits of a departmental “coding conference,” which brings the HIM staff, CDI specialists, and other interested persons together on a regular basis to...Read More »
Uninsured patients spend less time in the hospital than insured patients, while Medicare patients stay hospitalized longer than any, according to a study published in the December issue of Annals of Family Medicine. The...Read More »
