Author: D'Amato, Cheryl; Hoag, Patience J.; Crocker, Elsa; Neville, Deborah; Carpenter-Barbee, Cheryl; Bartell, Laurie

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: June 2002

Remember the glorious Knights of the Round Table who made Camelot famous? King Arthur created a meeting place with special significance, a roundtable at which every seat had equal worth. AHIMA has embraced the spirit of this concept in a program known as coding roundtables, which are designed....

Author: Laakso, Roslyn C.; Gottschalk, Reesa; Uppena, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: February 2002

After an acute illness or injury, patients are often transferred from the hospital to a skilled care bed or nursing facility for continued care. In rural areas, the local hospital and skilled nursing facility are often located within the same building and may even be the very same bed (many r....

Author: Youmans, Karen

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: January 2001

FRGs, RIC, CMGs, FIM, MDS-PAC, IRF, RPPS, UDSMR...What do these letters mean? They are all part of the inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system (RPPS). This article will explain the history and key pieces of this system.

A Brief History of PPS

As we know,....

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: Kostick, Karen M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: May 2011

The field of sleep medicine is rapidly expanding, and its coding and reimbursement are attracting more attention from federal and state governments, public health organizations, scientists, payers, auditors, the transportation industry, and healthcare consumers. Emerging topics in the area of....

Author: Zeisset, Ann M.; Scichilone, Rita A

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: October 1999

Physician offices face the challenge of submitting correct coding information through the billing process. Ensuring timely reimbursement at the highest level for which services were provided, correct coding also proves there are no fraudulent activities occurring at the facility. Performing a....

Author: Prophet, Sue

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: March 1998

The term "erythema multiforme" was first used by von Hebra in 1866 to describe a disease characterized by symmetrically distributed, pleomorphic, evolving cutaneous lesions, located primarily on the extremities, and by a proclivity for recurrence. In 1922, Stevens and Johnson....

Author: Miller, Amy; Ridpath, Debra

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: October 2010

Remote coding is helping organizations attract and retain experienced coding professionals at a time when highly skilled coding professionals are in short supply. Successfully implementing a remote coding program requires that facilities have their entire clinical documentation online and qual....

Author: AHIMA Coding Policy and Strategy Committee

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: September 1996

The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, cosponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), met on June 6, 1996, in Washington, DC. NCHS’s Donna Pickett, RRA, and HCFA’s Patricia Brooks, RRA, cochaired the meeting.

Author: Prophet, Sue

Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes

Publication Date: September 1997

The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, cosponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), met on June 5, 1997, in Baltimore, MD. NCHS's Donna Pickett, RRA, and HCFA's Patricia Brooks, RRA, cochaired the meeting. <....