Author: Blevins, Ida K.

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: May 2004

Home care coding has always been a challenge given the fact that codes are assigned upon admission or on the “front end” of care provision. The luxury of having a complete medical record filled with physician documentation to support diagnoses (e.g., in acute-care facilities) is a....

Author: Blevins, Ida K.

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2006

Home health agencies are required to use the ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting for Medicare Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) reporting for MO230 (principal/primary listed diagnosis) and MO240a–MO240f (secondary/additional diagnoses). The stipulation too....

Author: Blevins, Ida K.

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: January 2008

The long-anticipated update to the Home Health Prospective Payment System (PPS), released in the August 29, 2007, Federal Register, goes into effect January 1, 2008. The final rule encompasses a wide range of changes for home health agencies.
An Overview of the Final Rule
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Author: Blevins, Ida K.

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: July 2009

Sweeping PPS changes for home health went into effect January 2008, making much of the prior coding guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) incompatible with changes in the revised data collection set. Home health coding professionals anxiously awaited further i....