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Halloween Hazards: A Mini-Guide to ED and Urgent C...

Halloween brings fun, fright—and a rise in emergency and urgent care visits. From pumpkin-carving cuts to hot glue burns, seasonal injuries can present coding challenges when documentation lacks detail. This guide outlines common Halloween-related encounters and provides ICD-10-CM coding examples, documentation tips, and query reminders to help ensure every case is coded accurately and compliantly. Pumpkins, costumes, and candy make Halloween fun—but also prime time for injuries. Every October, there is a spike in emergency and urgent care encounters for lacerations, burns, falls, and allergic reactions. Coders and auditors need to be ready t...

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    Halloween Hazards: A Mini-Guide to ED an...

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    CPT Coding Guidelines Review: Neurostimu...

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    The Hidden Toll on Coding of Ineffective...

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    Sep 17, 2025

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    Medical Coding Tips

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    Coding Diabetes Mellitus with Presumed Conditions

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    FY 2026 ICD-10-CM Code Updates

    The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released t...

    ICD-10-CM Code Updates - April 1, 2025

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    Annual Code Updates

    FY 2026 ICD-10-CM Code Updates

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    ICD-10-CM Code Updates - April 1, 2025

    CMS and the CDC have released the updates to the ICD-10-CM c...

    New Technology Add-On Payment (NTAP) Updates for F...

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    ICD-10-PCS Code Updates - April 1, 2025

    CMS has released the updates to the ICD-10-PCS classificatio...

    Industry News

    Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs) Release o...

    Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs) which is CMS’ risk ...

    Coding Diabetes Mellitus with Presumed Conditions

    Diabetes is a systemic condition, meaning its presence has e...

    FY 2026 ICD-10-CM Code Updates

    The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released t...

    ICD-10-CM Code Updates - April 1, 2025

    CMS and the CDC have released the updates to the ICD-10-CM c...


    Query Tips

    Apr 17, 2025

    Writing a Query Question – Simple and Concise is t...

    The question asked in a physician query may be the most impo...

    Oct 11, 2023

    Query Tip: Avoiding a Leading Query – Don't Be Dir...

    "A leading query is one that is not supported by the clinica...

    Sep 19, 2023

    How to Query for Pathology Results

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    Jul 10, 2023

    Query Tip: What is Conflicting Documentation?

    Conflicting documentation occurs when health care providers ...

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