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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Malone, Sue M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: March 2009

Coders often believe that jaundice in newborns is expected, minor, and not of much concern. In general, they tend to add the unspecified fetal and neonatal jaundice code 774.6, when they code it at all. Additionally, documentation of hyperbilirubinemia is not always accurate. This article advo....

Author: Schwab, Linda

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: November 2008

The final rule for the FY 2009 hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) went into effect October 1, 2008. Although there are relatively few changes to MS-DRGs and the complication and comorbidity (CC) and major CC (MCC) lists, the final rule signals that the Centers for Medicare an....

Author: Schraffenberger, Lou Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: September 2008

The new ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes go into effect October 1, 2008, for fiscal year 2009. This article highlights some of the diagnosis code changes. The complete ICD-9-CM tabular and alphabetic index (volumes 1 and 2) can be found on the National Center for Health Statistics Web si....