Welcome to Coffee with the Coder^®, our conversation with Paula Digby and her team to address issues, observations and questions for Health Information Management professionals, physicians, auditors, payors and students. You are invited to listen in for ten to twenty minutes every other Monday and to submit your favorite questions or comments for Coffee with the Coder^® To receive text notifications send an email to help@AQ-IQ.com with your request. We will text you in the hour prior to the start of the next episode.

Before Episode 114 begins, Paula Digby shares with the “Insiders” about vaccines and how to report them. During the episode, Ms Digby explains why lab values aren’t enough to report specific diagnoses, such as diabetes mellitus. The second query refers to a question from Episode 111 about pressure injury and POA. The final scenario concerns reporting suspected autism in a pediatrics practice.

Congratulations to Audrey for winning the “mugging”!  Click the mugshot of Nubia to play this episode. 

Dial in for Episode 115 on May 10th beginning at 10:10 am Eastern (7:10 am Pacific).