Cliff notes for the FY20 ICD-10-CM Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. EDITOR’S NOTE: Senior healthcare consultant Laurie Johnson reported this story live during Aug. 13 edition
All sepsis now is the condition formerly known as severe sepsis. EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Erica Remer reported this story live during the Aug. 13 edition of
Documentation becomes meaningful when using evidence-based medicine. I see a lot of conversations ongoing about clinical documentation integrity (CDI) efforts that in my opinion, seem
2019 AHIMA Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Summit Summary At the American Health Information Management Association’s (AHIMA’s) recent Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Summit, CDI industry experts
Four areas where HIM professionals impact collections. I met with a coding manager recently who shared that her annual pay increase would be partially based
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Can code 94150 be reported in addition to 94060?
What are the objectives of the Open Payments program?
What are the impacted codes for the RAC audit involving therapeutic injections and infusions?
May I use codes 86255 and 86256 to test for Rocky Mountain spotted fever?
The code description for A9541 is technetium Tc-99m sulfur colloid, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 20 millicuries. According to the technician, when we do a lung ventilation and perfusion scan we use 50 mCi. Is it correct to code A9541 x 3?
Is 93567 the appropriate code for the evaluation an aortic dissection without a cardiac catheterization?
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