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HIA employs a highly skilled and AHIMA credentialed staff (RHIA, RHIT and/or CCS minimum) of coding professionals committed to delivering services with honesty, integrity and accuracy. Our Coding Specialists have an average of 10 years’ experience coding in the hospital setting.
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Our Coding Specialists are proficient in all settings, including acute and ambulatory services. HIA expects its Coding Specialists to code patient records with both the guidelines and the underlying treatment plans of the physicians in mind.
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Coding Tip: Sneak Peek at FY2022 Proposed DRG Changes
CMS released the IPPS proposed rule on 4/27/21 outlining the proposed changes to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System for FY2022, which begins October 1, 2021. Later this year, sometime in August, CMS will release the Final Rule. Currently CMS is reviewing responses to their proposed rule and will address them in the final rule.
What to Consider Before Your Next Coding Audit
A medical coding audit is a process that includes internal or external reviews of medical coding and billing accuracy, procedures or policies in place, and any other component that affects the medical record documentation. Medical coding audits…
Coding Tip: Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Therapy
Anticoagulants and antiplatelets are used for the prevention and treatment of blood clots that occur in blood vessels. Oftentimes, anticoagulants and antiplatelets are referred to as “blood thinners,” but they don’t actually thin the blood at all. These drugs slow down the body’s process of making clots. Their main function is to keep the patient’s blood from clotting or turning into solid clumps of cells. These drugs do this by interfering with either fibrin or platelets in the blood.
Coding Tip: Carotid Artery Disease
Carotid artery disease is a vague category that can incorporate many different carotid artery issues. Some physicians may feel that they are being clear the patient has plaque, stenosis, or occlusion of the artery, but in ICD-10-CM the specificity must be included in the documentation.
National Superhero Day: ICD-10 Codes for Superheroes
10 ICD-10 Codes for Superheroes. Superman: T78.2XXA Anaphylactic reaction; substance: kryptonite. Batman: F44.81 Dissociative identity disorder. Robin: F60.7 dependent personality. The Hulk: L30.4 Erythema intertrigo. Wonder Woman: T24.032A Burn of unspecified degree of left lower leg. Black Panther S93.401A Sprain…
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HIA delivers comprehensive electronic daily and month-end reporting to its clients. The content and format of these reports promote transparency and allow for easy invoice reconciliation.
