Jan 11, 2023
As coders, we see physicians document “elevated...
Dec 25, 2022
After much confusion, we were finally...
Aug 15, 2022
With the implementation of ICD-10-CM came...
Aug 15, 2022
There are approximately 6.3 million...
Aug 15, 2022
ICD-10-CM presumes a causal relationship...
Aug 15, 2022
With the implementation of ICD-10-PCS...
Aug 15, 2022
Selecting the Appropriate Root Operation...
Aug 15, 2022
For FY 2019, ICD-10-CM has added...
Aug 15, 2022
Back in 2019, ICD-10-CM added a new...
Aug 15, 2022
With the Hurricane season in full...
Aug 15, 2022
There was a time when coding delivery...
Aug 15, 2022
Instructional notes within ICD-10-CM are...
Aug 15, 2022
Aug 13, 2022
What is Pulmonary Hypertension?
...
Aug 13, 2022
During reviews we notice there is often...
Aug 13, 2022
How do coders report diabetic...
Aug 12, 2022
Encephalopathy is a diagnosis that coders see a...
Aug 12, 2022
Reporting Endarterectomy in addition...
Aug 12, 2022
What is Clostridium Difficile...
Aug 12, 2022
When a patient presents with...
Aug 12, 2022
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
...
Aug 12, 2022
There were changes made, yet again,...
Aug 12, 2022
A cerebral infarction is an ischemic...
Aug 12, 2022
With the implementation of ICD-10-PCS...
Aug 09, 2022
This coding tip is intended to clear up...
Jul 26, 2022
Coding colonoscopy records has...
Jul 26, 2022
In ICD-9-CM it was easy to code a colon...
Jul 26, 2022
Below are some definitions for...
Jul 26, 2022
In the outpatient setting, it can be...
Jul 13, 2022
There are now codes to describe...
Jul 13, 2022
What is the Impella® external heart...
Jul 12, 2022
The coding of pressure ulcers has seen...
Jul 12, 2022
ICD-10-CM code Z95.0 is used to report...
Jul 12, 2022
When is it appropriate to report...
Jul 12, 2022
Debridement is the medical removal of...
Jul 10, 2022
This week’s coding tip is on the...
Jul 10, 2022
This week our focus is on the sequencing...
Jul 10, 2022
This week’s coding tip focuses on the...
Jul 06, 2022
Diabetes continues to be a challenge...
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 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...
Sep 13, 2021
Coders are instructed, at this time, to...
Aug 27, 2021
Updated 7/7/2022
Pulmonary emboli are...
Aug 16, 2021
Encephalopathy is a general term...
May 06, 2021
Anticoagulants and antiplatelets...
Apr 29, 2021
The latest edition of AHA, Coding Clinic...
Apr 15, 2021
The latest edition of AHA, Coding Clinic...
Oct 05, 2020
Reading the latest coding advice from AHA...
Sep 10, 2020
Lately we have seen several cases where...
May 22, 2020
Part 5 of this series is the final part....
May 20, 2020
May 18, 2020
May 14, 2020
May 12, 2020
This is
part 1
in a series focused on...
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...
Dec 13, 2019
Changes in Cardiac Catheterization...
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 04, 2019
Oct 02, 2019
Sep 30, 2019
Sep 27, 2019
Sep 25, 2019
Sep 23, 2019
Sep 20, 2019
Sep 18, 2019
Sep 16, 2019
Sep 13, 2019
Sep 11, 2019
Sep 09, 2019
Aug 16, 2019
Coding complications of transplanted...
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
In 2018, HIA Reviewed 39,828 inpatient...
Dec 10, 2018
The focus of this coding tip is on the excision...
Dec 04, 2018
The rules about coding probable, possible and...
Dec 04, 2018
With the implementation of ICD-10-CM came more...
Dec 04, 2018
In order for coders to correctly report the use...
Mar 21, 2017
Below, Kim answers questions and...
Feb 06, 2017
One of the updates to the ICD-10-CM Official...
Jan 31, 2017
In ICD-10-PCS two codes are required to...
Jan 30, 2017
It is difficult for coders to know when to report...
Jan 30, 2017
A capsule endoscopy is less invasive than the...
Jan 23, 2017
Section “X” is a separate place
within...
Jan 09, 2017
Biopsies are coded to the root operations...
Nov 18, 2016
The Zika virus is a mosquito-borne illness. Zika...
Oct 19, 2016
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/10/2018
May 13, 2016
In ICD-10-PCS coding, the root operation...