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June 18, 2018 / By Karla VonEschen, MS, CPC, CPMA
A hot topic in health care today is Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs). At the last local AAPC chapter meeting I attended, we had a guest speaker who discussed HCCs in […]
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May 18, 2018 / By Allison Morgan, MS, CPC
We live in a communication age that embraces abbreviations and acronyms as a natural secondary language. Our emotions and reactions are reflected in “LOLs” and emojis on a regular basis. […]
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April 13, 2018 / By Katie Patterson, CPC
In my last blog, I discussed the golden rules for coding with CAC. This got me thinking, you really do need to shift your coding brain when working on a […]
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March 14, 2018 / By Karla VonEschen, MS, CPC, CPMA
After my previous blog “Myocardial infarction coding is good for the heart,” one of our readers had a good question: When is a myocardial infarction considered old? I wanted to […]
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Feb. 26, 2018 / By Cheryl Manchenton, RN
HCCs are a “problem.” By that I mean no organization can ignore the impact of HCCs. No CDI specialist, HIM professional, quality specialist, provider or billing auditor can remain uneducated […]
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Feb. 21, 2018 / By Kelly Long, BS, CPC, CPCO, CAPM
The Official ICD Coding Guidelines state that a condition must be present at the time of the encounter, affect patient care or management and be clearly documented in order to […]
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Jan. 26, 2018 / By Kimberly Lodge, RHIT, CCS
As I was sitting in the physician’s office filling out new patient paperwork and trying to document my entire medical and family history, my husband leans over and says “Just […]
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Nov. 15, 2017 / By Allison Morgan, MS, CPC
Chest x-ray imaging codes are one of the most highly utilized codes seen in the coding and medical industry, so it was a pleasant surprise to see these codes getting […]
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Aug. 2, 2017 / By Jason Mark
One of the things I most enjoy about the team I work with is that we get to ask a lot of questions and then we try to figure out […]
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June 2, 2017 / By Gretchen Mills
There is a lot of talk about “big data” and its impact on health care. So let’s dig deeper and ask: “How can shared clinical data be used to create […]
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May 15, 2017 / By Camille Ruiz, RHIA
May is Mental Health month. It is a reminder to revisit outpatient CDI for substance disorders and mental health disorders. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) statistics indicate […]
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Nov. 11, 2016 / By Donna Smith, RHIA, Sue Belley, RHIA
Donna: Sue, do you know how many unspecified codes there are in ICD-10-CM? Sue: No, haven’t had time to count them! Why do you ask? Donna: Well, as you know, […]
