Sarah Nehring, RHIT, CCS, CCDS, reviews ICD-10-CM reporting and clinical criteria for various types of heart failure including diastolic, systolic, hypertensive, and more.
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Take heart in ICD-10-CM reporting for heart failure

Sarah Nehring, RHIT, CCS, CCDS, reviews ICD-10-CM reporting and clinical criteria for various types of heart failure including diastolic, systolic, hypertensive, and more.

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Assess ICD-10-CM reporting for diabetes due to COVID-19
A recent study highlighted growing evidence that patients of all ages can develop type 1 diabetes after an acute COVID-19 infection. In this article, Susan Belley, RHIA, CPHQ, and Audrey Howard, RHIA, evaluate these findings as well as ICD-10-CM reporting for the two conditions.
Place your focus on mortality reviews
Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS, writes that organizations that aren’t reviewing all in-hospital mortality cases are missing some tremendous opportunities to improve reimbursement and documentation.
Healthcare News: FY 2022 ICD-10-CM/PCS guidelines released
The fiscal year (FY) 2022 ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, both effective October 1, were recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and CMS, respectively.
Q&A: Secondary ICD-10-CM diagnosis code assignment for MIs
Q: Would telemetry and the continuation of home medications be considered continued care for a myocardial infarction (MI) or treatment when reporting in ICD-10-CM? Would this meet the definition of a secondary diagnosis?
 

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Do not use codes from ICD-10-CM code category M41.- (scoliosis) following scoliosis surgery. The correct aftercare code to use following surgery to treat scoliosis is Z47.82 (encounter for orthopedic aftercare following scoliosis surgery).

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