Mar 12, 2024
Since the inception of ICD-10-CM there has been...
Feb 21, 2024
For FY 2024, the Official Guidelines for Coding...
Feb 13, 2024
With the implementation of ICD-10-CM came...
Feb 13, 2024
In recent audit cases, HIA has seen coders...
Jan 29, 2024
HIM and coding professionals may remember way...
Jan 22, 2024
HIA has found on Quality reviews that coders may...
Jan 22, 2024
The FY2021 Official Guidelines for Coding and...
Jan 17, 2024
During a recent review of spinal fusion...
Dec 06, 2023
Some of our clients have received denials on...
Nov 10, 2023
During some of our recent coding reviews, we have...
Aug 28, 2023
It is that time of year again where the new codes...
May 30, 2023
Patients being admitted for acute renal failure...
May 03, 2023
HIA recently announced its internal Learning...
Jan 31, 2023
On December 21, CMS released the following...
Dec 15, 2022
Can cardiac arrest and cardiac shock be coded...
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...
Jun 17, 2022
Wow, have you seen the proposed rule for FY2023...
Mar 29, 2022
As of April 1, 2022 discharges, the following...
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...
Oct 01, 2021
Did you get a chance to read the FY2022...
Sep 22, 2021
In the previous three parts of this...
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 10, 2021
Spinal procedure coding can be daunting for...
Jul 22, 2021
In June CMS released the final ICD-10-PCS...
Jun 14, 2021
It is that time of year! CMS released the IPPS...
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
With the proliferation of COVID-19 cases, we...
Jan 19, 2021
Updates as of 1/01/21:
As you may know, assigning...
Jan 19, 2021
This is Part 1 of a five part series...
Dec 02, 2020
We have seen many updates and changes to COVID-19...
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...
Aug 04, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
May 14, 2020
The FY2021 IPPS Proposed Rule is out and...
Apr 08, 2020
Some coders are scratching their heads wondering...
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...
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...
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 of...
Jul 31, 2019
Question:
We have a case where the...
Jul 23, 2019
Question:
This patient is noted to...
Jun 19, 2019
This coder has a question about choosing...
Jun 08, 2019
Question:
A patient was admitted for...
Mar 01, 2019
One area that coders struggle with is when to...
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...
Dec 04, 2018
Bronchoscopy with Removal of Mucus Plugs or...
Dec 04, 2018
Procedure code assignment for excisional...
Dec 04, 2018
Section “X” is a separate place within...
Nov 19, 2018
It’s that time of the year where HIM...
Sep 25, 2018
Coders have struggled for some time with the...
Aug 07, 2018
As seen in AHIMA’s August 2018 edition of...
Jul 10, 2018
Our Coding & Quality Measures Series...
Apr 02, 2018
This Coding Tip was updated on 12/4/2018
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...
Mar 30, 2017