607 results.
<< 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 [13] 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 >>
What Physicians Need to Know About ICD-10-PCS
Author: Endicott, Melanie
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: September 10, 2014
When educating physicians about ICD-10-PCS, the most important factor to be pointed out is that ICD-10-PCS will NOT be replacing CPT. Physicians will still need to report their services using CPT/HCPCS codes. However, physicians need to be aware of the nuances associated with ICD-10-P....
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....
Transitioning From E Codes in ICD-9-CM to V, W, X, Y Codes in ICD-10-CM
Author: Endicott, Melanie
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: August 13, 2014
ICD-9-CM includes a supplemental section, E codes, to describe the external causes of injuries and poisonings. These codes are secondary codes for use in any health care setting, which are used to provide data for injury research and evaluation of injury prevention strategies. E codes....
Evolving and Adapting: The Changing Role of the CDI Professional
Author: Endicott, Melanie
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: August 06, 2014
The role of the clinical documentation improvement (CDI) professional is ever-changing. When CDI programs first started rolling out in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the focus was exclusively on acute care Medicare inpatients. The focus was merely on capturin....
External Cause Codes in ICD-10-CM
Author: Fuller, Jan C.
Source: CodeWrite | AHIMA newsletter article
Publication Date: August 2014
The increased specificity in ICD-10-CM is reflected in a substantial increase in external cause codes. The traditional “E code” has been replaced with V, W, X and Y codes. While the purpose of the codes remains the same, the ICD-10-CM codes provide a level of detail not possible in ICD-9-....
3 Myths of ICD-10-CM/PCS: Addressing Why it is Not Feasible to use SNOMED CT in Place of ICD-10 or Wait for ICD-11—and Other Misperceptions
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2014
As the US healthcare industry experiences yet another delay in ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation, misunderstandings surrounding the ICD-10-CM/PCS transition continue to perpetuate. This article addresses a few of the most common misperceptions—myths that need to be exposed with fact-based....
Projected Impact of the ICD-10-CM/PCS Conversion on Longitudinal Data and the Joint Commission Core Measures
Author: Fenton, Susan H.; Benigni, Mary Sue
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: July 2014
Abstract
The transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS is expected to result in longitudinal data discontinuities, as occurred with cause-of-death in 1999. The General Equivalence Maps (GEMs), while useful for suggesting potential maps do not provide guidance regarding the frequen....
Preparing for ICD-10- CM/PCS Implementation: Impact on Productivity and Quality
Author: Stanfill, Mary H; Hsieh, Kang Lin; Beal, Kathleen; Fenton, Susan H.
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: July 2014
Abstract
Coding productivity is expected to drop significantly during the lead-up to and in the initial stages of ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation, now expected to be delayed until October 1, 2015. This study examined the differences in coding productivity between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-....
Top Ten ICD-10-CM/PCS Questions
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2014
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....
<< 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 [13] 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 >>