CE Articles | | Understanding the clinical validation process | | Patients are often admitted for acute conditions and experience additional issues affecting their care and treatment plan during the encounter. Ashayla Stephens, MHA, RHIA, CCS, and Audrey Howard, RHIA, describe the process of validating multiple diagnoses documented within the health record. Note: To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription. |
| Navigate documentation and ICD-10-CM coding for heart failure | | Physician documentation of heart failure must specify the type and severity of the illness to apply the most accurate code. Alba Kuqi, MD, MSHIM, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, CRCR, CICA, CSMC, RHIA, CCM, breaks down clinical documentation and ICD-10-CM coding for four types of heart failure. |
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Cellulitis usually presents as an abrupt onset of redness, swelling, pain, or heat in the affected area. Unless a diagnosis of cellulitis is documented by the provider, an ICD-10-CM code from category L03.- (cellulitis and acute lymphangitis) should not be assigned. If cellulitis is associated with a wound or ostomy, code the wound or complicated ostomy first, followed by the appropriate code for cellulitis. Interested in more coding tips and claim validation tools? Click here to sign up for a demo or to learn more about SelectCoder. | | |
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