ONC’s Annual Report on Health IT Addresses Progress and Barriers

Source: HCPro HIM

The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT published its annual report to Congress detailing the ups and downs of health IT in 2015 and plans for 2016.

The Implications of Laterality for Medicare LCD and Medicare Edit Coding

Source: ACDIS

Providers need to document to a higher level of specificity now that ICD-10 is in full swing. Although some less specific codes were retained in the Local Coverage Determinations and claims processing edits, it is expected that claims be coded to the highest level of specificity possible.

AG: Healthcare Accounted for 16% of 2015 California Data Breaches

Source: HealthLeaders Media

Healthcare providers accounted for 16% of all data breaches in California last year and nearly one-quarter were the result of hacking and malware, according to a new report released in February.

Q&A: Choosing Principal Diagnosis for Pediatric Encephalopathy

Source: ACDIS

We have a teenager with systemic lupus erythematosus and history of lupus nephritis who came into the ED with seizures. The physician admitted the patient with documentation of status epilepticus and hypertensive urgency. The intensivists then documented hypertensive encephalopathy. What should we choose as the principal diagnosis?

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