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Just as many US healthcare organizations are hitting their stride in ICD-10 implementation, more changes are on the horizon. This past June, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the first complete draft of the next iteration in its International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, ICD-11. This version is very different from the… Read More »ICD-11 Is on the Horizon. Here’s How US Healthcare Organizations Should Prepare
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UASI’s Tara Bell, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCM was recently interviewed for the ACDIS blog concerning the opportunities for CDI in the outpatient setting. Click here to read the full interview. Bell is slated to present “Clinical Validation: Expanding Clinical Validation into Outpatient CDI” at the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI Conference in November. A “Different Dialect:” Moving from Inpatient to Outpatient Coding In… Read More »UASI in ACDIS: “Outpatient clinical validation queries offer advanced CDI opportunities”
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The annual updates to the ICD-10 and MS-DRG systems have been finalized, effective October 1. The ICD-10 and MS-DRG updates reflect the final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule for the fiscal year 2019, published by CMS on August 6. You can see the details on IPPS here. Other highlights of the MS-DRG changes include: Grouper… Read More »UASI Training for FY2019 MS-DRG Updates
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New ECMO Procedural Codes Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), also known as extracorporeal life support (ECLS), is an extracorporeal technique of providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to persons whose heart and lungs are unable to provide an adequate amount of gas exchange or perfusion to sustain life. The technology for ECMO is largely derived from… Read More »Coding Tip of the Month – September 2018
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The annual updates to the ICD-10 and MS-DRG systems have been finalized and will be effective October 1. The ICD-10 and MS-DRG updates reflect the final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule for the fiscal year 2019, published by CMS on August 6. You can see the details on IPPS here. Other highlights of… Read More »UASI Training for FY2019 ICD-10-PCS Updates
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The annual updates to the ICD-10 and MS-DRG systems have been finalized and will be effective October 1. The ICD-10 and MS-DRG updates reflect the final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule for fiscal year 2019, published by CMS on August 6. You can see the details on IPPS here. Other highlights of the… Read More »UASI Training for FY2019 ICD-10-CM Updates
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Continuous learning is the only way to keep up with shifting standards and guidelines, payment reform, and the latest changes in healthcare technology. Accurate, high-quality coding is simply not possible without ongoing education.
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Continuous learning is the only way to keep up with shifting standards and guidelines, payment reform, and the latest changes in healthcare technology. Accurate, high-quality coding is simply not possible without ongoing education.
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