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Adrienne Commeree, CPC, CPMA, CCS, CEMC, CPIP, provides background on vaccinations and writes that coding for vaccine administration isn’t relegated to the outpatient coder.
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Analyzing ICD-10-CM/PCS reporting for vaccines

Adrienne Commeree, CPC, CPMA, CCS, CEMC, CPIP, provides background on vaccinations and writes that coding for vaccine administration isn’t relegated to the outpatient coder; inpatient coders also have codes to report for vaccine administration.

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Streamlining ICD-10-CM coding and documentation strategies for nephrology
Jennifer Cayce, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, explores the conundrums of reporting acute kidney disorders due to confusing clinical terminology and addresses some of the problematic areas of nephrology diagnoses.
Perfecting encephalopathy queries, documentation
Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, gives an overview of encephalopathy coding in ICD-10-CM and covers query and documentation best practices.
Healthcare News: CMS releases FY 2019 IPPS final rule
CMS recently released the fiscal year (FY) 2019 IPPS final rule with significant reductions to reporting requirements for quality initiatives, updates to payment rates, changes to CC/MCC designations, and revisions to various MS-DRGs.
Q&A: Reporting acute renal insufficiency due to dehydration in ICD-10-CM
Q: We have a patient who is diagnosed as having acute renal insufficiency due to dehydration with decreased urinary output and was admitted for IV hydration. What diagnosis codes should we assign?
 

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This month we are pleased to introduce Lisa R. Reilly, RHIA, CCS, who has 20 years of experience as a coder and who currently works as the director of health information management (HIM) at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes, Delaware.

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Going from paper charts to an electronic medical record (EMR). Also, the conversion to ICD-10. 

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