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March 6, 2024 / By Sue Belley, RHIA, Nichole Soderquist, MBA, RHIA, CDIP, CCDS-O, CCS
As we embark on a new calendar year (CY), there are several new updates and guidelines we should examine that went into effect Jan. 1, 2024. Specifically, improvement efforts surrounding […]
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Aug. 17, 2023
Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) is a relatively new technology used to treat areas of severely calcified coronary arteries. The IVL device uses sonic pressure waves to fracture intimal and medial […]
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May 27, 2020 / By Pamela Ewing, CPC
In early 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic was etched into the fabric of our daily lives, CMS developed two new HCPCS codes: G2010 and G2012. These codes were developed for […]
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April 27, 2020 / By Bobbie Starkey, Colleen Ejak, RHIA
Testing for COVID-19 continues to be a major concern in the fight to bring the virus under control. Today we are going to talk about the CPT and HCPCS codes […]
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March 11, 2020 / By Audrey Howard, RHIA
This blog was posted March 11, 2020. Read the latest coding guidance here. I have received many questions regarding the coding of COVID-19 and other coronavirus types since the publication […]
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March 6, 2020 / By Jean Jones, CPC
My grandma was a nurse in the operating room for over 50 years. Her nickname was “TURP Queen.” Back in those days, if you had a steady and exacting hand, […]
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March 1, 2020 / By Karla VonEschen, MS, CPC, CPMA
At this point in my life, many individuals I know have been touched by cancer in one way or another. Since March is colorectal cancer month, this seemed like an […]
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Oct. 18, 2019 / By Camille Ruiz, RHIA
It’s that time of year, coders, when many of us are attending webinars on 2020 Coding updates. For outpatient hospital coders and CDM staff, this will include ICD-10-CM/PCS as well […]
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March 15, 2019 / By Camille Ruiz, RHIA
On January 17, 2019, CMS issued Transmittal 4204, which states HCPCS Q4122-Dermacell per square centimeter can be assigned either revenue code (RC) 278-Implant or RC 636-Drugs requiring detailed coding. I […]
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Oct. 19, 2018 / By Camille Ruiz, RHIA
We frequently discuss with clients the differences between Inpatient CDI versus Outpatient CDI such as time, volume, coding, regulation, etc. Despite these differences, both require collaboration between departments to be […]
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Sept. 21, 2018 / By Camille Ruiz, RHIA
As the last day of summer fades, fall is on the horizon with Halloween displays and pumpkin spice lattes. For those of us in hospital middle revenue cycle—whether CDI, CDM […]
