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: 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: Dunn, Rose T; Mainord, Christina

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: July 2001

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: 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: Prophet, Sue

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: September 2001

Proposed changes, if approved, would not become effective until October 1, 2002.

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, formerly the Health Care Fina....

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

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: October 2001

This is the last in a series of three "Coding Notes" articles addressing productivity measurement and incentive plans for coding professionals. The April Journal of AHIMA (vol. 72, no. 4) article discussed the general principles of developing facility-specific productivity m....

Author: Schnitzer, Gregory L.; Stanfill, Mary H

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: October 2001

Nearly two years ago, the AHIMA Coding Futures Task Force predicted that coders would eventually need to go beyond assignment of diagnostic and procedural codes.1 The task force was right-and that future is now for coders in certain specialties. Natural language processing (NLP), in which comp....