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Reporting inpatient alcohol-related disorders in ICD-10

Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CCDS, discusses the reporting of alcoholism, its key documentation details, and its effect on MS-DRGs in ICD-10.

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Postoperative complication coding and value-based purchasing
Ghazal Irfan, RHIA, writes about healthcare’s shift from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance, volume-based care to value-based reimbursement, and case-mix index to outcome measures, and how your facility can achieve compliant coding practices among these changes.
Improving query efforts to adhere to industry changes
Query practices have changed a lot over the years. With so many shifts, coders and clinical documentation specialists may need to take a step back and take stock of the changes they’ve worked through, reassessing current practices against industry recommendations and shoring up policies to prevent well-known pitfalls.
Healthcare News: CMS releases FY 2018 IPPS proposed rule
On Friday, April 14, CMS released the fiscal year 2018 IPPS proposed rule with updates to quality initiatives and 2018 ICD-10-PCS and ICD-10-CM code proposals.
Q&A: Hospital-acquired pneumonia and HACs
Q: Why is hospital-acquired pneumonia not considered a CMS hospital-acquired condition?
 

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