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Diverse Local Group Collaborates on Compliance Issues: Workgroup Focuses on Code Sets, Transactions
Author: Becker, Joanne
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: February 2003
Sometimes starting small can mean big results. A few months ago, I joined Iowas regional HIPAA Strategic National Implementation Process (SNIP) workgroup. The goal of local and regional SNIP workgroups is to create as much collaboration as possible to ensure compliance by all covered ent....
Major Changes for Heart Failure Codes in 2003: New Codes Put Sharper Focus on Diagnosing, Preventing Heart Failure
Author: Casey, Patricia E.; Zeisset, Ann M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: February 2003
Are you up to date with the latest revisions to the heart failure codes? A revision of the heart failure codes, effective October 1, 2002, was originally presented at the May 2001 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting. At that meeting, representatives from Kaiser Permanente e....
Where to Find Answers to Your Coding Questions
Author: Brouch, Kathy L.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: January 2003
For more information on physician queries, see the "Developing a Physician Query Process" practice brief in the October 2001 Journal of AHIMA and in the FORE Library: HIM Body of Knowledge in the Communities of Practice at www.ahima.org.
Is obtaining an answer to a coding question a daunting t....
Plenty of CPT Changes for 2003: Latest on Additions, Revisions, and Deletions
Author: O'Hara, Karen
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: January 2003
The 2003 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) includes approximately 428 code changes, so as always, it is important to stay current. To assist you in using the new edition, the following provides a brief summary of the changes for 2003. The complete list of changes can be found in Appendix B....
Taking a Closer Look at 2003 ICD-9-CM, DRG Changes
Author: Zeisset, Ann M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: November 2002
The ICD-9-CM coding changes and DRG changes for fiscal year 2003 include 106 new diagnosis codes, 41 new V codes, 16 new E codes, 25 new procedure codes, and 19 invalid diagnosis codes. Released in the August 1, 2002, Federal Register, these changes went into effect October 1, 2002, with disch....
In-house Coding Education Program Pays off for Faculty, Staff
Author: Choate, Dana M.; Rudd, Jessica
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: November 2002
Faced with a severe coder shortage, Baylor University Medical Center of Dallas, TX, decided to do something radically different. With the support of administration and financial backing of the center, we developed the Coding Education Program (CEP).
The program targets existing empl....
ICD-9-CM Committee Discusses New Diagnosis Proposals
Author: Prophet, Sue
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: October 2002
The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, cosponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), met on April 18-19, 2002, in Baltimore, MD. Donna Pickett, RHIA, from NCHS, and Patricia Brooks, RHIA, from CMS, co-....
Taking a Closer Look at Physician-based Coding
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: October 2002
Since 1997, AHIMA has offered a Certified Coding Specialist--Physician-based credential (CCS-P) for HIM professionals who are employed in the physician setting. In recent interviews, an office manager, coding manager, coding coordinator, and two physician-based consultants shared their coding....
Change at Hand: How PDAs Can Transform Coding, Billing
Author: Stanfill, Mary H
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: September 2002
Have you ever had a physician ask if you can put the encounter form on her hand-held computer? Or maybe the physicians in your medical group have been offered free personal digital assistants (PDAs) if they use a certain application and they want you to find out if these devices can expedite c....
DSMOs Shed Light on Future Coding Systems, Data Sets
Author: Scichilone, Rita A
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: July 2002
The future of coding systems in healthcare transactions is brighter than many might think. Because of the rapid changes in healthcare services, technology, and the industry as a whole, there are more coding systems emerging that may affect the work of clinical coding professionals in the futur....
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