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Embrace the growing pains of implementing an integrated audit process

Nancy Treacy, MPH, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, describes her team’s experience implementing a streamlined audit process and offers advice to help others do the same.

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Decipher documentation and ICD-10-PCS sequencing guidance for mechanical ventilation

Assigning time-based ICD-10-PCS codes for mechanical ventilation management can be challenging. Lori-Lynne Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, COBGC, reviews ICD-10-PCS documentation and coding for mechanical ventilation.

Calculating and assessing coding accuracy

Monitoring coding accuracy enables coding managers to spot error trends that could result in claim denials. Rose T. Dunn, MBA, RHIA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA, CHPS, describes two methods used to calculate coding accuracy based on a sample of claims.

Healthcare News: OIG estimates CMS overpaid hospitals $47.8 million for bariatric surgeries

A recent audit conducted by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) projected that hospitals received $47.8 million in net overpayments from January 2018 through July 2019 for Medicare Part A claims that did not meet national requirements or contractor specifications for bariatric surgery.

Q&A: ICD-10-PCS coding for an AROM

Q: Can you please explain ICD-10-PCS coding for an artificial rupture of membranes (AROM) for labor induction?

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Do not confuse hypertensive chronic kidney disease with renovascular hypertension, a condition in which the kidney dysfunction causes the hypertension. When this is the case, the hypertension is secondary to the renal dysfunction and is coded using ICD-10-CM code I15.0 (renovascular hypertension). The two conditions may be coded in either order. An additional code for the underlying condition should also be assigned.

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