by hiacode | Jan 26, 2020 | CPT, Decade in Review, Education, ICD-10, ICD-11, Inpatient, IPPS, Outpatient, Series
Pivotal moments in the Health Information Management field include the implementation of ICD-10, CPT Coding Changes, Acute care changes, profee changes, recovery audit contractor implementation, new ransomware challenges, Meaningful use and much more.
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by hiacode | Jan 24, 2020 | Coding Review, Coding Tips, Education, ICD-10, Profee Reviews 2019, Series
In 2019, we reviewed over 50,000 diagnosis codes from many different specialties for our Professional Fee clients. For the final part of this 3-part series, we will look at R00-R99 – Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified.
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by hiacode | Jan 22, 2020 | Coding Review, Coding Tips, Education, ICD-10, Profee Reviews 2019, Series
The Circulatory chapter is one that is identified every year as having a large number of coding changes. Many of these changes are related to documentation providing more specificity and, in some cases, less specificity than the codes reported. Below we will discuss some of the areas of opportunity in this chapter.
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by hiacode | Jan 19, 2020 | Coding Review, Coding Tips, Education, ICD-10, Profee Reviews 2019, Series
In 2019, we reviewed over 50,000 diagnosis codes from many different specialties for our Professional Fee clients. Here are the top three ICD-10-CM chapters where HIA identified coding opportunities: Z00-Z99 – Factors influencing health status and contact with health services; I00-I99 – Circulatory system and; R00-R99 – Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified.
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by hiacode | Jan 17, 2020 | 2020 New CPT Codes, CPT, Education, Patricia Maccariella-Hafey, Series
This is Part 5 of a five part series on the new 2020 CPT codes. For the remaining areas we will just briefly summarize the section. Due to the intricate nature of these sections in CPT, it is recommended that the coder read the entire section notes associated with the new codes.
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