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Acute Kidney Injury Coding
Enhance your coding expertise with our eBook and complementary Free Guide on Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). These resources together offer a thorough exploration of AKI, from understanding its basics and diagnostic processes to mastering specificity coding and avoiding claim denials. The eBook delves into AKI's clinical indicators and documentation requirements, while the Free Guide focuses on its pathophysiology and essential coding queries. Perfect for coders aiming to refine their practices and elevate documentation standards, these guides equip you with the knowledge to tackle AKI coding challenges confidently.
Breast Reconstruction CPT Coding
Master the complexities of coding for breast reconstruction with our expert eBook and Free Guide. The eBook delves into essential aspects, from implant reconstructions and autologous tissue flaps to the strategic use of acellular dermal matrices. It highlights the critical factors needed for accurate coding and ensuring correct reimbursement. Complementing this, the Free Guide offers decision trees designed to streamline the coding process for post-mastectomy reconstructions, aiding coders in navigating procedural nuances with ease. These resources provide a comprehensive toolkit for precise and efficient coding.
Principal Diagnosis Coding
Improve your coding skills for principal diagnosis selection with our detailed eBook and Free Download. This eBook explains the importance of accurate principal diagnosis selection for reimbursement, data collection, quality indicators, and utilization review. The eBook also provides guidelines for selecting the principal diagnosis in various scenarios, such as interrelated conditions, surgery complications, and uncertain diagnoses.
Sepsis Coding
Elevate your coding capabilities for sepsis with our concise eBook and complimentary Self-Assessment. Our eBook breaks down the complexities of sepsis coding, covering everything from the basics of what sepsis is to the nuances of ICD-10-CM documentation, including diagnosis sequencing, severe sepsis reporting, and clinical indicators. It also offers strategies to avoid sepsis-related claim denials. To further enhance your understanding, our Free Sepsis Coding Self-Assessment allows you to apply what you’ve learned by analyzing scenarios and answering key questions, helping you to refine your coding practices.
Spinal Fusion Coding
Dive into the intricacies of spinal fusion coding with our expert eBook, designed to elevate your coding accuracy, ensure compliance, and optimize reimbursement. It thoroughly covers fusion reasons, procedural specifics, and additional interventions like discectomy and nerve monitoring. Enhance your expertise further with our Free Spinal Fusion Coding Self-Assessment, offering a scenario-based quiz to test your knowledge and refine your coding skills.
2025 Code Updates Guides
FY 2025 IPPS Executive Summary and New Technology Add-On Payments (NTAP)
The 2025 updates to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) could affect your healthcare organization's bottom line. Adapting to these changes is crucial for financial stability. This is an executive summary to prepare for you the potential financial impacts to your organization.
FY 2025 New Technology Add-on Payments (NTAP) and Codes
This downloadable guide will assist you in identifying all technologies that have been approved for NTAP for FY 2025, including a description of the technology, the relevant diagnosis and procedures codes and the maximum payment organizations can receive for these procedures.
FY 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
Prepare for key changes in the 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) with our essential guide. This document summarizes the latest CMS updates, effective January 1, 2025, to help you stay compliant and maximize reimbursement. Download it now to ensure your team is ready for the year ahead.
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