Author: Tully, Melinda; Perez, Mario A. III

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2009

HIM professionals understand how critical final coding accuracy is for acute care billing and reporting—they live and breathe it every day. Yet, over the past several years the importance of coded data has extended beyond acute care.

Coding now has an impact on everything from....

Author: Schraffenberger, Lou Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: September 2009

The new ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for fiscal year 2010 go into effect October 1, 2009. This article outlines the changes in the ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes. The 2009 addenda with all the changes to the ICD-9-CM tabular and alphabetic index (volumes 1 and 2) is located on the National Center fo....

Author: DeVault, Kathryn

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: November 2009

The final rule for the FY 2010 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System was released on July 31, 2009. Changes in the rule went into effect with inpatient discharges of October 1, 2009, and are reflected in Grouper Version 27.0.

The changes to MS-DRGs and the complication and co....

Author: Butler, Rhonda R.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2009

Like the rest of us, MS-DRGs have to transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS. The conversion is off to a good start, with a preliminary version already available. The project offered an early test of the General Equivalence Mappings and provides a conversion process for other applications.

In m....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: March 2010

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Schraffenberger, Lou Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: September 2010

The new ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes go into effect October 1, 2010. This article highlights new codes for fiscal year 2011.


The complete 2010 addenda with the changes to the ICD-9-CM tabular list and alphabetic index (volumes 1 and 2) are located on the National Center for Heal....

Author: Redmon, D. Patrick; Bell, Susan

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: September 25, 2010

This technical paper was prepared for the 2010 AHIMA Convention and Exhibit in Orlando, FL, September 25-30, 2010.
Abstract

This session will explore the growing trend toward adjusting inpatient payment for differences in patient severity. Maryland's all-payer system adopted APR....

Author: Bryant, Gloryanne H.

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: October 2011

Coding malnutrition has always been a challenge, especially since MS-DRGs were implemented. However, with Recovery Audit Contractors and other regulatory auditing being initiated across the country, providers and HIM professionals must be proactive rather than reactive when coding this conditi....

Author: DeVault, Kathryn

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: November 2011

The final rule for the FY 2012 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System was released August 1, 2011. Changes in the rule went into effect with October 1, 2011, inpatient discharges.
MS-DRG Documentation and Coding Adjustment

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services....

Author: Lojewski, Tedi

Source: CodeWrite | AHIMA newsletter article

Publication Date: February 2014

The National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) approved 15 new "readmission" patient discharge status codes (81–95) for use with inpatient discharges, effective October 1, 2013. Following up on the November 2013 CodeWrite article on this topic, this article looks at three common myths....