Archive for October 2018
Coding Tip of the Month – October 2018
The Third Q 2018 Coding Clinic (page 13) provided coding advice regarding a bilateral deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap reconstruction. The patient was status post a right mastectomy with tissue expander in place and during this procedure the patient undergoes a prophylactic left mastectomy with the bilateral DIEP. Clarification was requested on whether:…
Read MoreICD-11 Is on the Horizon. Here’s How US Healthcare Organizations Should Prepare
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 MoreUASI in ACDIS: “Outpatient clinical validation queries offer advanced CDI opportunities”
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…
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