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October 16th, 2020 / By Colleen Deighan, RHIA
For much of 2020, HIM and CDI professionals have been focused on COVID-19 and understanding how the temporary waivers for medical care delivery and payment impact documentation and coding. We […]
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August 24th, 2020 / By Cheryl Manchenton, RN
Although our knowledge of COVID-19 is growing, there is a great deal that we still do not know about this disease and its full effects on the body, both acutely […]
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August 3rd, 2020 / By Audrey Howard, RHIA, Beth Wolf, MD, Julie Salomon, BSN, RN, Sue Belley, RHIA
By now you are probably aware that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued 12 new ICD-10-PCS procedure codes on July 30 for treatment of patients with COVID-19, […]
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July 31st, 2020 / By Rhonda Butler
Update: On August 6, CMS added two files to the ICD-10-PCS COVID-19 update posted on July 30. They are: 1) the xml file icd10pcs_tables_2021.xml containing the combined complete FY 2021 […]
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June 19th, 2020 / By Amanda Steffon
It has been over 100 years since the Spanish Flu spread across the globe. Although we cannot make a direct comparison between then and now, there are contributing factors in […]
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June 15th, 2020 / By Rhonda Butler
Time is seriously weird stuff. 2020 so far has had that dream/nightmare quality that is somehow fast and slow at the same time. My memory of February, only four months […]
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June 5th, 2020 / By Karla VonEschen, CPC, CPMA
Just when you started to get comfortable with the 2020 ICD-10-CM changes, CMS has published their list of proposed diagnosis code updates for October. Is it really that time of […]
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May 27th, 2020 / By Pamela Ewing, CPC
In early 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic was etched into the fabric of our daily lives, CMS developed two new HCPCS codes: G2010 and G2012. These codes were developed for […]
Knowledge Lab Post
With L. Gordon Moore, MD
Gordon Moore: Hello and welcome to 3M’s Inside Angle podcast. This is your host Dr. Gordon Moore. Today, we are going to revisit a previous podcast with Barbara Johnston, who […]
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May 15th, 2020 / By Richard Fuller, MS
In a prior blog, we highlighted the results of our research into patient outcomes, potentially preventable admissions (PPAs) and emergency room visits (PPVs)1among nursing home residents. In that research, we […]
Knowledge Lab Post
With Barbara Aubry, RN
This article from Barbara Aubry details the key elements of the E/M changes for 2021.
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April 24th, 2020 / By Victoria Sharp, MD, MBA
I find myself worrying about the health of my family, friends and work colleagues in this time of COVID-19. We are social distancing and some states are in lockdown mode. […]
