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How Deep Do You Dig into ICD-10-PCS Coding?
Author: Kostick, Karen M.; Sanvik, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2015
All coding professionals require the right clinical documentation at the right time in order to assign an accurate code. This article reviews just what that requirement entails for ICD-10-PCS coding.
ICD-10-PCS Scope of Work
On October 1, 2015, hospital inpatient pr....
Coding ICD-10-PCS Procedures in the Ancillary Sections: Understanding Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Therapy
Author: Kostick, Karen M.; Sanvik, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2014
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series of articles discussing the six Ancillary sections of ICD-10-PCS.
This article continues the Journal of AHIMA’s exploration of the different sections of ICD-10-PCS, focusing on the last three Ancillary sections. The side....
Coding ICD-10-PCS Procedures in the Ancillary Sections: Understanding Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Therapy
Author: Kostick, Karen M.; Sanvik, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2014
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a two-part series of articles discussing the six Ancillary sections of ICD-10-PCS.
This article continues the Journal of AHIMA’s exploration of the different sections of ICD-10-PCS, focusing on the six Ancillary sections. The....
Coding Viral Sepsis
Author: Sanvik, Gina
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: November 10, 2016
How to code viral sepsis has been a topic of discussion on AHIMA’s Engage Coding, Classification and Reimbursement community, and has be the subject of several inquiries to AHIMA’s Code-CheckTM coding question service.
The viral sepsis coding confusion may com....
Coding High-Risk Pregnancy: What’s New for 2017?
Author: Sanvik, Gina
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: September 14, 2016
With the release of the FY 2017 updates to the ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines, there’s a lot for coding professionals to review. This post will take a closer look at one of the updates in Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium (O00-O9A). The guideline for “P....
Get Ready: Code Downpour On Its Way
Author: Sanvik, Gina
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: July 13, 2016
Although many HIM professionals and coding professionals were just starting to get comfortable with ICD-10-CM/PCS, it is time to prepare for the thousands of new ICD-10 changes coming soon.
The upcoming ICD-10 updates for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 will also represe....
Differentiating Fracture Coding with Osteoporosis Present
Author: Sanvik, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: June 08, 2016
While working on the team for AHIMA’s Code-CheckTM Coding Question Service, I’ve noticed several questions related to providing clarification in ICD-10-CM for a fracture in a patient with known osteoporosis.
ICD-10-CM expands the code selection to more than 150 pa....
CY 2018 OPPS Update
Author: Sanvik, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: March 2018
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CY 2018 OPPS Update
By Gina Sanvik, MS, RHIA
Facilities had the ominous task of reviewing the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule at the beginning of the year to ensure their chargemaste....
What’s New with Coding Non-Pressure Ulcers
Author: Sanvik, Gina
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2018
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Many ICD-10-CM codes were added throughout code category L97, Non-pressure chronic ulcer of the lower limb, not elsewhere classified, and subcategory L98.4, Non-pressure chronic ulcer of the skin, not elsewhere classified, to provide....
Coding Diabetes Mellitus with Associated Conditions
Author: Sanvik, Gina
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: May 11, 2016
There has been some confusion among coding professionals regarding interpretation of the coding guideline of “with.” An area that contains many instances of using this guideline in ICD-10-CM is coding Diabetes Mellitus with associated conditions. There are 53 instances of....