Coding Tip: Chronic Kidney Disease Coding
Kim Carrier RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P Director of Coding Quality Assurance AHIMA Approved... Read More
Coding Tip: Coding Changes for Pulmonary Hypertension in FY2018
For FY2018, coding for pulmonary hypertension has changed. There are new codes and expanded codes for the Subcategory I27.2.
Read MoreCoding Tip: Cellulitis and DM Coding
In the Alphabetic Index of ICD-10-CM, when indexing diabetes there is an entry under “with” for skin complications NEC. This has brought up many question over the past year regarding coding of cellulitis in patients that also have a diagnosis of diabetes. Are these two linked by the definition of “with” in ICD-10-CM?
Read MoreCoding Tip: New Codes for Heart Failure in FY2018
For FY2018 there is a new subcategory I50.8-. This subcategory was created and new codes were developed to identify and report the several different and specific types of heart failure. This will allow differentiating cases of pure right heart failure from left heart failure. The treatment of the two heart failures (left/right) are different as are the causes.
Read MoreCoding Tip: Cerebral Infarction with Hemorrhagic Conversion
A cerebral infarction is an ischemic stroke that results from a blockage or narrowing in the blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the brain.
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