Since the implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS, thousands of additional codes have been added to clarify aspects of certain conditions or procedures.
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Reviewing recent changes in coder productivity

Since the implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS, thousands of additional codes have been added to clarify aspects of certain conditions or procedures. This, on top of yearly code updates, has had a large impact on coder productivity. In this article, let’s take a look at some recent productivity statistics gathered by First Class Solutions Inc.

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Untangling the confusion surrounding HACs and PSIs
Brett Hoggard, MD, writes that the healthcare industry continues to transition toward a value-based, pay-for-performance system, but there’s still confusion surrounding different quality and value programs.
Implementing heart failure criteria at Dayton Children’s Hospital
Rachelle Musselman, BSN, RN; Jorde Spitler, BSN, RN; Daniel Lantis, BSN, RN; Joseph E. Ross, MD; and Thomas A. Taghon, DO, MHA, review their experience with implementing pediatric heart failure criteria at Dayton Children’s Hospital.
Healthcare News: Study shows lower mortality rates for high-risk patients at major teaching hospitals
High-risk general surgery patients have greater survival rates at major teaching hospitals than at non-teaching hospitals, according to a study published by the Annals of Surgery.
Q&A: Differentiating between bacteremia, sepsis in ICD-10-CM
Q: Physicians at our hospital use the terms bacteremia and sepsis interchangeably despite each having distinct ICD-10-CM codes. How should we address this issue, and what should we do when we need to query?
 

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Conditions classifiable to ICD-10-CM code category E89.- (postprocedural endocrine and metabolic complications and disorders, not elsewhere classified) are classifiable as postprocedural complications. These conditions should only be assigned when diagnostic statements clearly indicate that the condition is a complication of a procedure.

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