Sarah Nehring, RHIT, CCS, CCDS, details three significant changes to the ICD-10-CM tabular list Excludes notes.
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Stay up to date: Review Excludes note changes for FY 2021

Sarah Nehring, RHIT, CCS, CCDS, details three significant changes to the ICD-10-CM tabular list Excludes notes that may prove valuable to hospitals in fiscal year (FY) 2021, including updates to Excludes notes for encephalopathy, toxic encephalopathy, and more.

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Drive compliance through CDI policies, procedures
Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, writes that the better the CDI policies and procedures, the better CDI and inpatient coding departments can work efficiently together to achieve proper documentation, coding, and reimbursement.
Leverage CDI to improve pediatric COVID-19 documentation
Up to now, public health data collection has been mainly focused on adult COVID-19 patients, but we are beginning to see data indicating that COVID-19 is impacting children’s health as well. With more of the spotlight on pediatric COVID-19 diagnoses, it’s important to ensure proper documentation to help improve data collection.
Healthcare News: OIG flags inaccurately reported acute stroke diagnosis codes in recent report
Incorrect acute stroke diagnosis codes reported by Medicare providers resulted in millions of dollars in increased payments to Medicare Advantage organizations, according to a recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report.
Q&A: Unraveling CRF types
Q: Our coding team is having trouble understanding the different types of chronic respiratory failure (CRF) and knowing when to suspect its presence when it’s not specifically documented by our physicians. Can you please help us with this?
 

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