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Vizient scores offer hospitals a benchmark for comparing clinical outcomes, efficiency, and patient safety with peer institutions. While not every metric within Vizient’s Quality and Accountability Ranking is directly influenced by coding, inaccurate or incomplete coding can distort key measures—particularly those related to patient safety indicators (PSIs), mortality, and resource utilization. That’s why a strategic approach to coding is essential to ensure data integrity and help your facility present the most accurate picture of its performance. Here are five proven strategies to help your coding team support stronger Vizient outcomes: 1. ...

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    5 Proven Medical Coding Strategies to Im...

    Vizient scores offer hospitals a benchmark for comparing clinical...

    CPT Coding for LeFort I Procedures

    The LeFort I osteotomy procedure is a type of maxillofacial surge...

    Summary of Updates to the Quality Paymen...

    The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Quality Impr...

    CPT Coding Guidelines Review: Wound Repa...

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    Coding Secondary Diagnoses for Outpatien...

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    ICD-10-CM Coding for Peripheral Vascular...

    Correct selection of ICD-10-CM codes for peripheral vascular dise...

    Strategic Coding for Strategic Gains: Th...

    In the complex landscape of healthcare revenue cycle management, ...


    Medical Coding Tips

    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 2025 ICD-10-CM Code Updates

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

    Debridement Coding in ICD-10-PCS

    Debridement is the removal of dead, damaged, or infected tis...


    Annual Code Updates

    FY 2025 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...

    FY 2025 ICD-10-PCS Code Updates

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

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

    New Technology Add-on Payments or NTAPs can represent a sign...

    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 2025 ICD-10-CM Code Updates

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

    Debridement Coding in ICD-10-PCS

    Debridement is the removal of dead, damaged, or infected tis...

    Covid-19 Coding

    Covid-19 Diagnosis Coding Common Scenarios

    With the proliferation of COVID-19 cases, we thought we woul...

    Z Code Reporting for COVID-19

    Updates from 1/19/21 in green font.

    Update - Coding COVID-19 When the Test is Negative

    Updates as of 1/01/21: As you may know, assigning the approp...

    AHA COVID FAQs for ICD-10-PCS & New Technology

    Coders are instructed, at this time, to follow the AHA Frequ...


    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

    Tissue findings interpreted by a pathologist are not equival...

    Mar 04, 2024

    The Many Meanings of "Unable to Determine"

    Queries written in a multiple-choice format include a short ...

    Company News

    2025 Medical Coding Updates: Pre-Purchase of Cours...

    Health Information Associates (HIA) is excited to announce t...

    Increase your coding auditor's productivity with A...

    When Coding Departments are not running smoothly, it can tak...

    Introducing HIA’s Cloud-Based Audit Software, Atom...

    Health Information Associates (HIA), celebrating their 30th ...

    Health Information Associates to Showcase Expertis...

    Health Information Associates (HIA), known for its expertise...



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