ICD-10 for Latecomers: The Glass Half Full Version
Most of us don’t like to be nagged to do something, especially when it’s good for us. As a thing you can put off till you have “more time,” ICD-10 preparation is right up there with a screening...
View ArticleTaking a Closer Look at the October ICD-10 Coding Contest
Blog by Julia Palmer and Sue Belley The results are in for the latest scenario in the ICD-10 coding contest! Check out the correct ICD-10 codes and an explanation for the scenario from 3M consultants....
View ArticleThe IT Side of the ICD-10 Implementation Equation
Last month I attended the AHIMA Convention in Atlanta, and everywhere I looked it was all about ICD-10. With less than a year left to implement, there will be an increasingly frenzied push to make the...
View ArticleDIY ICD-10 conversion Part 2
If you are a provider, you probably put ICD-9 codes on claims in order to get paid. If you are a payer, you receive claims with ICD-9 codes on them. (The “you” in those sentences has to be taken very...
View ArticleDIY ICD-10 conversion – Part 3
In DIY Part 2 we digressed from learning how to convert a policy to answer, “What is a code?” We continue with: Common confusion 2: What is ICD-10? Wikipedia says , “ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the...
View ArticleChanneling Dr. Bob: A Procedure Coding System for the 21st Century
If any one person deserves author credit for ICD-10-PCS, it is Dr. Robert Mullin. His career included cardiothoracic surgery in the Navy and at St. Raphael’s in New Haven, Connecticut among other...
View ArticleTaking a Closer Look at the November ICD-10 Coding Contest
Blog by Julia Palmer and Sue Belley The results are in for the latest scenario in the ICD-10 coding contest! We’re back this week with the correct answer to the scenario and some analysis of the...
View ArticleDIY ICD-10 conversion – Part 4
You’ve found a policy in ICD-9. You’ve figured out which Fiscal Year the codes are from and expanded any old codes that are now headers, so you are dealing with this year’s codes. You’ve correctly...
View ArticleDIY ICD-10 conversion – Part 5
We’re still talking about converting policies – lists of ICD-9 codes or clusters that mean something that could be stated in English. These lists may be in documents, spreadsheets, the database tables...
View ArticleHIMagine That! Translating current ICD-9 documents
Less than ten months to go! Donna: Sue, what would you say if I told you that last week I heard from a hospital that just identified some areas in their facility that use ICD-9 data. Sue: So . . ....
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