Dr. Kennedy has generously allowed me to share his summary. He emphasizes that he is paraphrasing the recent advice in the spirit of “fair use” and we … [Read more...]
ICD-10-CM: 2023 Coding and Reporting Guidelines | Webinar
ICD-10-CM: 2023 Coding and Reporting Guidelines Recorded October 20, 2022 with special guest Margaret Skurka, MS, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA Every year, … [Read more...]
Diagnosis Coding for Antepartum Care
Question: Patient seen for antepartum care but delivered at 38 weeks at a different hospital/physician group. What diagnosis codes should we … [Read more...]
Update to ICD-10-CM in 2022 including COVID and SDoH | Webinar
Recorded November 18, 2021 While there are only 159 new diagnosis codes in the ICD-10-CM code set, effective October 1, 2021, there are updates to … [Read more...]
Diagnosis coding for biopsy sent for pathology
Question: What diagnosis code should you use when sending a skin biopsy to pathology? a) D48.5 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of skin, or b) … [Read more...]
Diagnosis coding for screening colonoscopy
Some of you have read my article on coding for screening colonoscopy. The questions I get about that article are all related to diagnosis … [Read more...]
ICD-10 coding for suspected cancer
Diagnosis coding for possible malignancy How would you feel if your primary care physician and your general surgeon told you—and told your insurance … [Read more...]
Can you screen for an existing condition? | Diagnosis Coding for Lab Services
Sometimes, the hardest thing about coding for preventive services isn’t the visit at all. It’s the labs. Patients come in for an annual physical … [Read more...]
Diagnosis Coding for Tick Bites
Question: Why is it so hard to have correct diagnosis coding for tick bites? And, how is it coded? Answer: The search function in electronic … [Read more...]
Aftercare and Follow-up: ICD-10 Coding
Aftercare visit codes are assigned in situations in which the initial treatment of a disease has been performed but the patient requires continued … [Read more...]
Pecked by a parrot. Oh no, not again!
When we first implemented ICD-10, we all had a lot of fun with the ICD-10-CM external cause codes. But, do we need to use them? The answer to that … [Read more...]