Part 4: Most Common DRG’s with Recommendations – DRG 189
This is the next most common DRG with recommendations found in HIA reviews in 2021. Just to recap, HIA reviewed almost 50,000 inpatient...
Part 3: Most Common DRG’s with Recommendations – DRG 291
This is the next most common DRG with recommendations found in HIA reviews in 2021. Just to recap, HIA reviewed almost 50,000 inpatient...
Part 2: Most Common DRG’s with Recommendations – DRG 177/178
This is the next most common DRG with recommendations found in HIA reviews in 2021. Just to recap, HIA reviewed almost 50,000 inpatient...
Part 1: Most Common DRG’s with Recommendations – DRG 871
HIA reviewed almost 50,000 inpatient records and over half a million codes in 2021. I’m sure that coders could guess the DRG that had the...
Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Coding for Hospitals
During a recent review of spinal fusion cases at a client, we found coding issues on the cases in which both an anterior interbody fusion,...
New CPT Codes - Category III codes, Evaluation & Management
This is Part 5 of a five part series on the new 2022 CPT codes. For the remaining areas we will just briefly summarize the section. Due to...
New CPT Codes – Nervous, Ocular and Auditory Systems
This is Part 4 of a 5-part series on the new 2022 CPT codes. In this one we will explore the nervous, ocular and auditory systems CPT...
New CPT Codes - Integumentary, Musculoskeletal Systems
This is Part 3 of a 5 part series on the new 2022 CPT codes. In this one we will explore the digestive, urinary and reproductive system CPT...
New CPT Codes - Cardiovascular System
This is Part 2 of a 5 part series on the new 2022 CPT codes. In this series we will explore the CPT changes for FY2022 and include some...
New CPT Codes - Integumentary, Musculoskeletal Systems
This is Part 1 of a five part series on the new 2022 CPT codes. In this series we will explore the CPT changes for CY2022 and include...