Author: Uppena, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: September 2001

Is the Web a part of your work day? Make sure it is. From purchasing products to distance learning to online coding, coding professionals can find all kinds of resources online to meet their needs.

A Look at the Future

In a recent survey, health system CEOs were ask....

Author: Dunn, Rose T; Mainord, Christina

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: July 2001

Author: Dunn, Rose T; Mainord, Christina

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: July 2001

The April Journal of AHIMA (vol. 72, no. 4) "Coding Notes," article "Developing Facility-specific Productivity Measures," serves as the backdrop to this report on the results of our national survey of current coding practices. In the April article, we argued that coding pro....

Author: Bryant, Gloryanne H.; Gold, Robert S.

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: July 2001

As of October 2000, there were three new codes for the assignment of Anemia of Chronic Disease. These codes are 285.21, Anemia in end-stage renal disease, 285.22, Anemia in neoplastic disease, and 285.29, Anemia of other chronic illness.

These three codes will help to better describe....

Author: Stanfill, Mary H

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: June 2001

Feeling the pain of claims processing with backlogs and high dollar amounts in accounts receivable? Is your practice at risk for fraud and federal sanctions? Coding and claims processing software may be the antidote to medical practice business ailments. There are several products ava....

Author: Russo, Ruthann

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: June 2001

Although coding professionals are not ultimately responsible for ensuring appropriate release of patient-protected information, it is important that they understand that coded data is not only one of the most desired pieces of information in the patient’s record, it is also the....

Author: Hapner, Peggy

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: May 2001

As HIM professionals already know, data quality-one of the basic tenets of compliance-depends on comprehensive documentation and accurate code assignments. Because coding plays a major role in payment, reporting data accurately, managing data flow and data collection, and training st....

Author: Scichilone, Rita A

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: May 2001

While this month's first "Coding Notes" article covers the bases of coding compliance across the continuum of care, this article offers some hard-hitting rules for playing the compliance game in outpatient hospital coding and reporting.

Staying abreast of all of the regulat....

Author: Beebe, Michael

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: April 2001

Among the needs the CPT-5 Project addresses are changes to enhance the use of CPT by practicing physicians, managed care and other payer organizations, and researchers. The project has made recommendations for improvements in the structure and processes of the CPT codes with deliberate emphasi....

Author: Dunn, Rose T

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: April 2001

Coder productivity has become a popular topic among coders and HIM department managers and is frequently discussed on bulletin boards and listservs. Unfortunately, during the last few years, especially with the advent of APCs, it has become more difficult to establish productivity m....