Hospitals are asking whether or not they really should dedicate the time and money to prepare for ICD-10 implementation. The short answer is yes. Read More »
One of the biggest documentation problem areas pertaining to patient safety indicators (PSI), particularly related to PSI 90, stems from accidental puncture and laceration (APL), says Katy Good, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, clinical documentation program coordinator at Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona...Read More »
One of the biggest documentation problem areas pertaining to patient safety indicators (PSI), particularly related to PSI 90, stems from accidental puncture and laceration (APL), says Katy Good, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, clinical documentation program coordinator at Flagstaff Medical...Read More »
Ensuring a smooth ICD-10-CM/PCS transition required appropriate planning, education, staffing, and communication, explained founding ACDIS Advisory Board member Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer, national director of coding quality,...Read More »
Dual coding. Reformatting queries. Educating physicians. Let’s face it—the to-do list for ICD-10 preparation is pretty long and can be a bit daunting. With only a few short weeks left before the transition, there’s one thing your facility should do: prioritize. We’ve rounded up our CDI and...Read More »
The annual incidence of an initial venous thromboembolism (VTE) event, either a pulmonary embolus (PE) or a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), is approximately 0.1% in the United States, with the highest incidence among the elderly and a...Read More »
Many of the questions and answers supplied in AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, Second Quarter
2015, surrounded the use of the correct root operation. Per ICD-10-PCS Official Guideline for Coding and
Reporting, “[i]t is the coder...Read More »
