Coding Tip: What is Hydronephrosis?
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
With the implementation of ICD-10-CM came more codes for reporting diseases and...
Medical Coding Tips
Coding Tip: Body Mass Index (BMI) Reporting in Pregnancy
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
With the publication of the new ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting...
Coding Tip: Periprosthetic Fracture Reporting and Sequencing
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
There are approximately 6.3 million fractures reported each year in the
United States
...
Coding Tip: GI Bleeding with Multiple Possible Sources
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
ICD-10-CM presumes a causal relationship between two conditions that are linked by the...
Coding Tip: Spinal Procedures Reported in Addition to the Fusion
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
With the implementation of ICD-10-PCS more codes were developed
to
accurately report...
Coding Tip: Root Operation Selection Excision vs. Resection
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
Selecting the Appropriate Root Operation – Excision vs. Resection
We still see coders...
Coding Tip: Atrial Fibrillation
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
With the implementation of ICD-10-CM came more codes for reporting many different...
Coding Tip: Coding Lobar Pneumonia
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
With the implementation of ICD-10-CM there were many additional codes for more specific...
Coding Tip: Bullying – What is bullying and how is it coded?
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
For FY 2019, ICD-10-CM has added terminology to Chapter 19 codes to include bullying and...
Coding Tip: New Code for Lacunar Infarction
This Coding Tip was updated on 8/12/2022
For FY 2019, ICD-10-CM has added a new code for reporting of lacunar cerebral...