Through examples given within the wound care setting, Bobbie Starkey, RHIT, CCS-P, shows the importance of documentation and ICD-10-CM reporting to support hierarchical condition category (HCC) capture within the inpatient coding sphere.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
 

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Review proper HCC capture for inpatient wound care

Through examples given within the wound care setting, Bobbie Starkey, RHIT, CCS-P, shows the importance of documentation and ICD-10-CM reporting to support hierarchical condition category (HCC) capture within the inpatient coding sphere.

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Using clinical validation for AKI to reduce denials
Alba Kuqi, MD, CICA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CSMC, MSHIM, RHIA, writes that CDI professionals and inpatient coders need to pay attention to the definitions and clinical indicators of acute kidney injury (AKI) to ensure proper ICD-10-CM reporting and reimbursement. 
Encouraging critical thinking to improve a team’s record review accuracy and query rates
Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, reviews how critical thinking is important within the CDI and coding realm in order to enhance review accuracy and query rates and to help loosen reliance on technological tools such as encoders.
Healthcare News: CMS reverses MS-DRG relative weight methodology
CMS recently released the fiscal year (FY) 2022 IPPS final rule, which repealed the MS-DRG relative weight methodology finalized in the FY 2021 IPPS final rule.
Q&A: Reporting LADA in ICD-10-CM
Q: We have a patient admitted for heart failure who is also being treated for latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood (LADA). What is LADA and how would it be reported in ICD-10-CM?
 

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ICD-10-CM codes from category E05.- (thyrotoxicosis) are combination codes that indicate the presence or absence of thyrotoxic crisis or storm. A thyrotoxic crisis (also called "thyroid storm") is a condition that may occur among individuals with hyperthyroidism and is marked by tachycardia, fever, and hypertension, which may or may not result in congestive heart failure and/or shock. Thyrotoxic crisis should only be coded when specified by the provider and cannot be assumed based upon other symptoms alone.

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