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Many coders who are coding obstetric cases are...
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Nov 09, 2022
Coding audits can help target and address...
Nov 08, 2022
When Coding Departments are not running smoothly,...
Sep 26, 2022
New Technology Add-On Payments (NTAP) for 2023
In...
Sep 19, 2022
IPPS Changes for FY2023
In the previous two parts...
Sep 13, 2022
ICD-10-PCS Procedure Code Changes
This is Part 2...
Sep 06, 2022
This is Part 1 of a 4-part series on the 2023...
Aug 15, 2022
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This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
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This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
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This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
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This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
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This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
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Aug 09, 2022
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This Coding Tip was updated on 07/12/22
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This Coding Tip was updated on 07/12/22
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This Coding Tip was updated on 07/12/22
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This Coding Tip was updated on 07/12/22
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This Coding Tip was updated on 07/12/22
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This Coding Tip was updated on 7/10/2022
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This Coding Tip was updated on 7/10/2022
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This Coding Tip was updated on 7/10/2022
Jul 06, 2022
This Coding Tip was updated on 07/06/22
Jun 16, 2022
Wow, have you seen the proposed rule for FY2023...
Jun 16, 2022
Hospitals are receiving more inpatient denials...
Mar 30, 2022
HIA reviewed almost 50,000 inpatient...
Mar 29, 2022
This is the next most common DRG with...
Mar 29, 2022
This is the next most common DRG with...
Mar 29, 2022
This is the next most common DRG with...
Mar 29, 2022
This is the next most common DRG with...
Mar 29, 2022
This is the next most common DRG with...
Mar 29, 2022
As of April 1, 2022 discharges, the...
Mar 21, 2022
This is the next most common DRG with...
Mar 15, 2022
This is the next most common DRG with...
Mar 09, 2022
This is the next most common DRG with...
Mar 02, 2022
HIA reviewed almost 50,000 inpatient...
Feb 22, 2022
During a recent review of spinal fusion...
Feb 09, 2022
This is Part 5 of a five part series on...
Feb 03, 2022
This is Part 4 of a 5-part series on the...
Jan 27, 2022
This is Part 3 of a 5 part series on the...
Jan 19, 2022
This is Part 2 of a 5 part series on the...
Jan 05, 2022
This is Part 1 of a five part series on...
Nov 08, 2021
Some of our clients have received denials...
Oct 01, 2021
Did you get a chance to read the FY2022...
Sep 22, 2021
In the previous three parts of this...
Sep 13, 2021
Coders are instructed, at this time, to...
Sep 08, 2021
This is Part 2 of a 4 part series on the...
Aug 31, 2021
This is Part 1 of a 4 part series on the...
Aug 27, 2021
Updated 7/7/2022
Pulmonary emboli are...
Aug 16, 2021
Encephalopathy is a general term...
Aug 10, 2021
Spinal procedure coding can be daunting...
Jul 22, 2021
In June CMS released the final ICD-10-PCS...
Jun 14, 2021
It is that time of year! CMS released the...
May 19, 2021
From coding audit type to budget, here’s...
May 06, 2021
Anticoagulants and antiplatelets...
Apr 29, 2021
The latest edition of AHA, Coding Clinic...
Apr 19, 2021
Practices have not seen many revisions to...
Apr 15, 2021
The latest edition of AHA, Coding Clinic...
Apr 08, 2021
With the implementation of ICD-10-CM came...
Feb 17, 2021
This is Part 5 of a five part series on...
Feb 10, 2021
This is Part 4 of a five part series on...
Feb 02, 2021
This is Part 3 of a five part series on...
Jan 27, 2021
This is Part 2 of a five part series on...
Jan 19, 2021
This is Part 1 of a five part...
Dec 02, 2020
We have seen many updates and changes to...
Oct 28, 2020
In the previous three parts of this...
Oct 26, 2020
In the previous two parts of this four...
Oct 23, 2020
This is Part 2 of a 4 part series on the...
Oct 20, 2020
This is Part 1 of a 4 part series on the...
Oct 05, 2020
Reading the latest coding advice from AHA...
Oct 01, 2020
Let’s talk numbers.
“Client S” is a...
Sep 29, 2020
The FY2021 Official Guidelines for Coding...
Sep 21, 2020
Can cardiac arrest and cardiac shock be...
Sep 15, 2020
“Client X” is a not-for-profit, fully...
Sep 10, 2020
Lately we have seen several cases where...
Aug 06, 2020
UPDATED 1/19/21
As you may know,...
Aug 04, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Jul 01, 2020
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
May 22, 2020
Part 5 of this series is the final part....
May 20, 2020
May 19, 2020
Updated 1/19/21
Updated 7/27/20 ...
May 18, 2020
May 14, 2020
The FY2021 IPPS Proposed Rule is out and...
May 14, 2020
May 12, 2020
This is
part 1
in a series focused on...
May 11, 2020
Updated 1/19/21.
Original post here
.
...
Apr 29, 2020
On March 6, CMS lifted some restrictions...
Mar 25, 2020
What to Know About Telehealth During the...
Mar 24, 2020
Companies around the world have told...
Mar 20, 2020
This is the final part of a three part...
Mar 18, 2020
This is part two of a three part series...
Mar 16, 2020
This is part one of a three part series...
Feb 27, 2020
The HIM world has been buzzing recently...
Feb 14, 2020
We’re finally at the #1 most common DRG...
Feb 13, 2020
We’re now at the second most common DRG...
Feb 11, 2020
As stated in yesterday’s coding tip, HIA...
Feb 10, 2020
In 2019, HIA reviewed over 50,000...
Jan 24, 2020
In 2019, we reviewed over 50,000...
Jan 22, 2020
In 2019, we reviewed over 50,000...
Jan 19, 2020
In 2019, we reviewed over 50,000...
Jan 17, 2020
This is Part 5 of a five part series on...
Jan 16, 2020
This is Part 4 of a five part series on...
Jan 15, 2020
This is Part 3 of a five part series on...
Jan 14, 2020
This is Part 2 of a five part series on...
Jan 12, 2020
This is Part 1 of a five part series on...
Jan 08, 2020
Beth Martilik,
MA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS ...
Jan 06, 2020
This is Part 5 of a
6-part series...
Jan 02, 2020
This is Part 4 of a 6-part series...
Dec 23, 2019
Dec 18, 2019
Beth Martilik,
MA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS ...
Dec 13, 2019
Changes in Cardiac Catheterization...
Dec 09, 2019
Dec 04, 2019
’Tis the holiday season—a time to...
Nov 22, 2019
Nov 18, 2019
In
Parts 1, 2 and 3 we learned...
Nov 13, 2019
Nov 08, 2019
As discussed in
Part 1
of this series,...
Oct 30, 2019
New Technology Add-On Payments (NTAP)-...
Oct 28, 2019
In the previous two parts of this four...
Oct 25, 2019
New ICD-10-CM Codes
In Part 1 of this 4...
Oct 16, 2019
New ICD-10-CM Codes
This is Part 1...
Oct 04, 2019
Oct 02, 2019
Sep 30, 2019
Sep 27, 2019
Sep 25, 2019
Sep 23, 2019
Sep 20, 2019
Sep 18, 2019
Sep 17, 2019
Health Information Associates...
Sep 16, 2019
Sep 13, 2019
Sep 11, 2019
Sep 09, 2019
Aug 28, 2019
A Chicago-based academic health system...
Aug 23, 2019
The question asked in a physician query...
Aug 16, 2019
Coding complications of transplanted...
Aug 14, 2019
When it comes to coding and...
Jul 31, 2019
Question:
We have a case where the...
Jul 29, 2019
AHIMA19: Health Data and Information...
Jul 26, 2019
One of the reasons coders give to explain...
Jul 23, 2019
Question:
This patient is noted to...
Jul 08, 2019
When it comes to coding and...
Jun 26, 2019
Overpayments can cost you and, in this...
Jun 19, 2019
This coder has a question about choosing...
Jun 14, 2019
Case Mix Index, CMI, is a metric used to...
Jun 08, 2019
Question:
A patient was admitted...
Jun 03, 2019
When it comes to coding and...
May 25, 2019
Unlike other industries around the world,...
May 24, 2019
There may be instances where a coder will...
May 09, 2019
On April 23, 2019, the Centers for...
Apr 26, 2019
When a practitioner documents a diagnosis...
Apr 24, 2019
A California-based healthcare services...
Apr 08, 2019
Patients being admitted for acute renal...
Mar 22, 2019
All queries require at least two elements...
Mar 20, 2019
“Cyberattacks are an increasing threat...
Mar 01, 2019
One area that coders struggle with is...
Feb 22, 2019
Beth Martilik,
MA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS ...
Feb 01, 2019
Cathy Casella Wyatt Human Resources...
Jan 30, 2019
When it comes to coding and...
Jan 25, 2019
Nothing is more likely to prevent a query...
Jan 18, 2019
This is Part 5 of a
five part series on...
Jan 17, 2019
This is Part 4 of a
five part series on...
Jan 15, 2019
This is Part 2 of a five part series on...
Jan 14, 2019
This is Part 1 of a
five part series on...
Jan 11, 2019
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
Jan 10, 2019
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
Jan 09, 2019
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
Jan 08, 2019
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
Jan 07, 2019
2019 Quad-State Annual Meeting
MAY 5-8,...
Jan 07, 2019
In 2018, HIA Reviewed 39,828 inpatient...
Jan 02, 2019
Brett Randolph,
RHIT, CDIP, CCS ...
Jan 02, 2019
2019 Annual ILHIMA Meeting
APRIL 25-26,...
Jan 01, 2019
2019 MOHIMA Annual Meeting
APRIL 3-5, 2019
Dec 21, 2018
Beth Martilik,
MA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS ...
Dec 20, 2018
OHIMA’s 2019 Annual Meeting
MARCH 18-20,...
Dec 20, 2018
As a coder, how often do you worry about...
Dec 20, 2018
When it comes to coding and...
Nov 29, 2018
When it comes to coding and...
Nov 19, 2018
It’s that time of the year where HIM...
Nov 19, 2018
Beth Martilik,
MA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS ...
Nov 19, 2018
When it comes to coding and...
Oct 26, 2018
Beth Martilik,
MA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS ...
Oct 25, 2018
“The biggest victims are the providers.”...
Oct 18, 2018
It’s Halloween season! It’s time to...
Oct 17, 2018
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/4/2018
Oct 15, 2018
October is
#BreastCancerAwareness month....
Oct 09, 2018
Pat Maccariella‑Hafey RHIA, CDIP, CCS,...
Sep 25, 2018
Coders have struggled for some time with...
Sep 20, 2018
Beth Martilik,
MA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS ...
Aug 24, 2018
Beth Martilik,
MA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS ...
Aug 18, 2018
GHIMA 2018
AUGUST 19-20, 2018 PINE...
Aug 07, 2018
As seen in AHIMA’s August 2018 edition of...
Aug 07, 2018
CMS issues final rule, gives patients...
Aug 03, 2018
Looking for a fresh approach? Here’s how...
Aug 03, 2018
In this current, ever-changing healthcare...
Jul 30, 2018
Step into New Dimensions
JULY 29 – AUGUST...
Jul 27, 2018
Beth Martilik,
MA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS ...
Jul 16, 2018
Pat Maccariella‑Hafey RHIA, CDIP, CCS,...
Jul 12, 2018
Pat Maccariella‑Hafey RHIA, CDIP, CCS,...
Jun 29, 2018
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/4/2018
Jun 29, 2018
Pat Maccariella‑Hafey RHIA, CDIP, CCS,...
Jun 29, 2018
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/4/2018
Jun 22, 2018
Beth Martilik,
MA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS ...
Jun 19, 2018
Brett Randolph,
RHIT, CDIP, CCS ...
Jun 19, 2018
As Seen in the Journal of AHIMA. Who...
Jun 15, 2018
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/4/2018
Jun 13, 2018
Having an Impact
MAY 1-4, 2018 | DURHAM,...
Jun 11, 2018
MAHIMA 2018
JUNE 10-12, 2018 SEACREST...
Jun 01, 2018
HIM: THE NEW FRONTIER
JUNE 2 – JUNE 6,...
May 25, 2018
Beth Martilik,
MA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS ...
May 18, 2018
Kim Carrier RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P...
May 18, 2018
Kim Carrier RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P...
Apr 23, 2018
Beth Martilik,
MA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS ...
Apr 16, 2018
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/4/2018
Apr 16, 2018
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/4/2018
Apr 02, 2018
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/4/2018
Apr 02, 2018
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/4/2018
Mar 21, 2018
Beth Martilik,
MA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS ...
Mar 19, 2018
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/4/2018
Mar 19, 2018
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/4/2018
Feb 19, 2018
Kerry Atkins
CDIP, CCS-P, COC, CPC,...
Feb 19, 2018
Joyce Will RHIT, CDIP, CPC, CPCO,...
Feb 06, 2018
Jillian Howitt
RHIT, CDIP, CCS ...
Dec 14, 2017
25 Days of ICD-10 Christmas Calamity
’Tis...
Dec 14, 2017
25 Days of ICD-10 Christmas Calamity
’Tis...
Dec 11, 2017
Kim Carrier
RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P ...
Dec 11, 2017
Kim Carrier
RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P ...
Dec 04, 2017
Kim Carrier
RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P ...
Dec 04, 2017
Kim Carrier
RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P ...
Dec 04, 2017
Partnering with HIA for Interim Auditing ...
Nov 22, 2017
“We have one final surprise tonight – and...
Oct 30, 2017
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/10/2018
Aug 14, 2017
Road to the 2017 AHIMA Conference
All...
Aug 10, 2017
Partnering with HIA for Interim Auditing...
Aug 09, 2017
This Coding Tip was updated on 10/30/2017
Aug 09, 2017
This Coding Tip was updated on 10/30/2017
Jul 26, 2017
Stress getting to you? Is stress...
Jul 18, 2017
The following is the sixth and...
Jul 15, 2017
Part five in our series takes a closer...
Jul 14, 2017
In this six-part coding education series,...
Jul 09, 2017
In this series, Patricia reviews common...
Jul 07, 2017
The following is the first installment in...
Jun 06, 2017
Health Information Associates celebrates...
Jun 05, 2017
Patti Kulp RHIA, CSS, CDIP Review...
Mar 30, 2017
Pat Maccariella‑Hafey RHIA, CDIP, CCS,...
Mar 21, 2017
Below, Kim answers questions and...
Feb 06, 2017
Kim Carrier RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P...
Feb 01, 2017
Deborah Johnson MMHC, M.Ed., CHC,...
Jan 31, 2017
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/10/2018
Jan 31, 2017
Kim Carrier RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P...
Jan 30, 2017
Kim Carrier RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P...
Jan 30, 2017
Kim Carrier RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P...
Jan 23, 2017
Kim Carrier
RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P ...
Jan 16, 2017
Pat Maccariella‑Hafey
RHIA, CDIP, CCS,...
Jan 09, 2017
Kim Carrier RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P...
Jan 03, 2017
Advanced Practice Provider (APP)...
Dec 20, 2016
HIA is always looking for ways to help...
Dec 19, 2016
Kim Carrier
RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P ...
Nov 18, 2016
Kim Carrier RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P...
Nov 07, 2016
Kim Carrier RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P...
Oct 19, 2016
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/10/2018
Sep 23, 2016
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/10/2018
Aug 25, 2016
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/10/2018
May 13, 2016
In ICD-10-PCS coding, the root operation...
May 12, 2016
Because the medical coding field is...
Apr 14, 2016
Each year, HIA employees take a...
Feb 26, 2016
Kim Carrier RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P...
May 22, 2012
“I am amazed when I look back at the...