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Summary of December 2003 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: January 15, 2004
The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, cosponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), met on December 4-5, 2003 in Baltimore, MD. Donna Pickett, RHIA, from NCHS, and Patricia Brooks, RHIA, from CMS, cochair....
Summary of April 2004 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: April 15, 2004
The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, cosponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), met on April 1-2, 2004 in Baltimore, MD. Donna Pickett, RHIA, from NCHS, and Patricia Brooks, RHIA, from CMS, cochaired....
Strategies to Prepare for ICD-10 Transition
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: ICD-TEN Top Emerging News | AHIMA newsletter article
Publication Date: June 02, 2011
Tick tock. Health information management professionals know that sound well, as each beat of the clock brings closer the ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation deadline of October 1, 2013.
Despite significant competing IT priorities and pressure to reduce costs, most healthcare providers and payer....
Strategies for Navigating the Approaching Wave of New ICD-10 Codes
Author: Tully, Melinda
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: May 31, 2016
Before many health information management (HIM) professionals feel fully confident that they have the new ICD-10 codes under control, they should know that there are more on the way. More than 5,500 new procedure and diagnosis codes will go into effect beginning in October 2016, follo....
Staying "Home Alone" Can Result in a Multitude of Injuries
Author: Endicott, Melanie
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: December 10, 2014
It’s been 24 years since Kevin McCallister was accidentally left at home while the rest of his family went on vacation in the movie Home Alone. Poor little Kevin has to defend his family home when two con men try to rob it on Christmas Eve. Kevin outsmarts the idiotic burglars with bo....
Statement in Support of Prompt Adoption of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Medical Code Set Standards in the United States
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA position statement
Publication Date: July 10, 2003
Approved by Board of Directors, American Health Information Management Association, July 2003 Support of Prompt Adoption of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Medical Code Set Standards in the United States
AHIMA's Position
AHIMA calls upon the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - the c....
Start Implementing ICD-10
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2012
You’ve arrived! Now just determine your position in healthcare to get your ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation needs.
A brief list of the job types, organized by facility type.
Physician’s Office
Physician Champion
You are the resource physicia....
Standards for Electronic Transactions...Final Rule and Notice
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Federal Register
Publication Date: August 17, 2000
So You Think You Know Diabetes Mellitus?
Author: DeVault, Kathryn
Source: CodeWrite
Publication Date: January 2016
According to the American Diabetes Association, 9.3 percent of the population—29.1 million people—have diabetes mellitus. This is an increase from 8.3 percent in 2010. Of the 29.1 million who have it now, it's estimated approximately 8.1 million people are undiagnosed.1
Solving the Outpatient Surgical Coding Conundrum
Author: Haugen, Mary Beth
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: June 2014
Challenging the status quo can seem risky. But for Kootenai Health and Medical Center, it was the right approach to solving the ICD-10-PCS for outpatient conundrum—to code or not to code these services.
Based in Coeur d’Alene, ID, Kootenai Health includes a 254-be....
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