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CDC Ebola Update

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Please find the following links covering various topics and updates related to Ebola from the CDC.   Outbreak Update – October 25, 2014 Interim Guidance: EMS Systems & 9-1-1 PSAPs: Management of Patients in the U.S. – Updated October 24, 2014 Recommendations for Safely Performing Acute Hemodialysis in Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in U.S. Hospitals […]

Ebola Information from CDC

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This checklist is produced by the CDC. Additional information is available on the CDC site.  

IPPS Final Rule FY2015

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According to CMS, some of the changes implement certain statutory provisions contained in the Affordable Care Act and other legislation.  These changes are applicable to discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2014, unless otherwise specified in this final rule.  There are updates to the rate of increase limits for certain hospitals excluded from the IPPS that are […]

Spontaneous Abortion Codes

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Can you help us with a coding issue regarding spontaneous abortions?  We are wondering if it is appropriate to code a delivery code is they say the fetus was delivered.  The patient came into the hospital actively having a miscarriage, “She delivered the second trimester fetus, approximately 16 weeks”.  Placenta was manually removed by the […]

Pain Management Coding – When are 338 Codes Appropriate?

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One of the coders posed a question to me about the use of the 338 codes for our Pain Management Clinic.  We are not getting documentation from the physician that pain is acute or chronic.  He gives the diagnosis of the 700 codes (721.0, 722.0, 723.0, 723.1, and 723.4).  The coder wants to query the […]

QA on ED Revenue Risk from “Finally Friday”

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Some great questions were presented from the audience when Paula Digby was a guest on “Finally Friday” this Summer.  Visit our eCourse Library to review the complete presentation.

IRF Pre-Admission Screening

ICD-10-CM for Pulmonology

ICD-9 Ancillary Coding: Labs, Radiology & Other Tests