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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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2025 Code Updates Guides 

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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.

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FY 2025 New Technology Add-on Payments (NTAP) and Codes

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.

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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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Free Guides

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Documentation Types for Medical Coding by Setting

This document is essential for healthcare providers and coders who aim to ensure precise coding and billing, adhering to the specific coding guidelines, payer policies, and regulatory requirements in each context.

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Free Download What to Consider Before your Next Coding Audit

What to Consider Before an Audit

From coding audit type to budget, here’s a detailed guide on what you need to know before your next medical coding audit. 

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Guide to Coding Acute Kidney Injury

This helpful guide provides an overview of the pathophysiology of AKI, things to consider when coding for AKI and questions you should ask yourself to improve your coding of this significant diagnosis.

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Guide to Principal Diagnosis Coding & Reporting

This free guide discusses how to use the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for coding and reporting to help determine the principal diagnosis.

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CPT Coding for Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy

This free guide offers two downloadable decision trees specifically designed to assist with the coding process for post-mastectomy breast reconstruction procedures. 

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Spinal Fusion Coding Self Assessment

This free self assessment will help sharpen your skills in spinal fusion coding. Review the scenario presented and answer four questions to test your knowledge of spinal fusion coding. 

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Sepsis Coding

Enhance your sepsis coding skills with this free self-assessment. Analyze a provided scenario and respond to four questions to test your knowledge.

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Clinical Documentation Integrity eBook

Clinical Documentation Integrity

This is a 3-part series in which we address how coders can better interact with Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) professionals. 

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Single Path Coding eBook

Single Path Coding

In our White Paper, you'll learn the best steps to take for a successful implementation of Single Path Coding.

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How to Reduce Claims Denials

Download our eBook for some tips to avoid the headache that comes with claims denials.

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Ultimate Medical Coding Audit Checklist

This Ultimate Medical Coding Audit Checklist streamlines the complex process of reviewing medical records, ensuring that all coding practices are accurate and in compliance with relevant regulations.

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Infographics

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Social Determinants of Health

Download our infographic on SDOH.

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Coder & CDI Communication

Download our infographic on coder and CDI communication.

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Case Study: Critical Access Hospital

Download our infographic Case Study on a Critical Access Hospital.

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