May 17, 2023
This coding tip is intended to clear up any...
Jan 11, 2023
As coders, we see physicians document “elevated...
Dec 25, 2022
After much confusion, we were finally given an...
Aug 15, 2022
There are approximately 6.3 million fractures...
Aug 15, 2022
ICD-10-CM presumes a causal relationship between...
Aug 15, 2022
With the implementation of ICD-10-PCS more codes...
Aug 15, 2022
Selecting the Appropriate Root Operation –...
Aug 15, 2022
For FY 2019, ICD-10-CM has added terminology to...
Aug 15, 2022
Back in 2019, ICD-10-CM added a new code for...
Aug 15, 2022
With the Hurricane season in full swing, this...
Aug 15, 2022
There was a time when coding delivery records...
Aug 15, 2022
Instructional notes within ICD-10-CM are not...
Aug 15, 2022
Aug 13, 2022
What is Pulmonary Hypertension?
Pulmonary...
Aug 13, 2022
During reviews we notice there is often...
Aug 13, 2022
How do coders report diabetic ketoacidosis in...
Aug 12, 2022
Reporting Endarterectomy in addition to the...
Aug 12, 2022
What is Clostridium Difficile Enterocolitis?
...
Aug 12, 2022
The term ‘postoperative’ can mean either a time...
Aug 12, 2022
There were a lot of changes to ICD-10-PCS for...
Aug 12, 2022
When a patient presents with hydronephrosis for...
Aug 12, 2022
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
Alzheimer’s is a...
Aug 12, 2022
There were changes made, yet again, to the...
Aug 12, 2022
Cerebral Infarction Definition
A cerebral...
Aug 12, 2022
With the implementation of ICD-10-PCS came more...
Jul 26, 2022
Primary Diagnosis for Colonoscopy Records
Coding...
Jul 26, 2022
In ICD-9-CM it was easy to code a colon polyp or...
Jul 26, 2022
Below are some definitions for clarification:
...
Jul 26, 2022
Diagnoses in the Outpatient Setting
In the...
Jul 13, 2022
There are now codes to describe hypertensive...
Jul 13, 2022
What is the Impella® external heart assist device?
Jul 12, 2022
In ICD-10-CM when comparative/contrasting...
Jul 12, 2022
ICD-10-CM Code Z95.0 and Z45.018
ICD-10-CM code ...
Jul 12, 2022
AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS...
Jul 12, 2022
AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS,...
Jul 12, 2022
When is it appropriate to report pleural effusion...
Jul 12, 2022
Debridement is the medical removal of dead,...
Jul 10, 2022
This week’s coding tip is on the reporting of...
Jul 10, 2022
This week our focus is on the sequencing of the...
Jul 10, 2022
This week’s coding tip focuses on the root...
Jul 07, 2022
Pulmonary emboli are blood clots within the...
Jul 06, 2022
Diabetes continues to be a challenge for coders...
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 follow...
Aug 16, 2021
Encephalopathy is a general term and means brain...
May 06, 2021
Anticoagulants and antiplatelets are used for the...
Apr 29, 2021
The latest edition of AHA, Coding Clinic for...
Apr 15, 2021
The latest edition of AHA, Coding Clinic for...
Oct 05, 2020
Reading the latest coding advice from AHA Coding...
Sep 10, 2020
Lately we have seen several cases where the...
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 Code...
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 organs has...
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
Definitions/Explanations...
Dec 10, 2018
CPT codes 37220-37235 are reported for...
Dec 10, 2018
In ICD-10-CM, the word “with” should be...
Dec 10, 2018
The focus of this coding tip is on the excision...
Dec 04, 2018
In order for coders to correctly report the use...
Dec 04, 2018
The rules about coding probable, possible and...
Dec 04, 2018
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the gradual loss...
Dec 04, 2018
With the implementation of ICD-10-CM came more...
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...
Dec 11, 2017
Is Cellulitis always a skin complication of...
Dec 04, 2017
Other Heart Failure Coding
For FY2018 there is a...
Dec 04, 2017
Other Heart Failure Coding
For FY2018 there is a...
Oct 30, 2017
In order to assign the correct ICD-10-PCS code,...
Mar 21, 2017
Below, Kim answers questions and offers her...
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 ICD-10-PCS...
Jan 09, 2017
Biopsies are coded to the root operations...
Dec 19, 2016
Please see the following post for the most recent...
Nov 18, 2016
The Zika virus is a mosquito-borne illness. Zika...
Nov 07, 2016
Viral Sepsis is defined as a systemic infection...
May 13, 2016
In ICD-10-PCS coding, the root operation must be...