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News

2017 ICD-10-CM update adds diagnoses, specificity for lower gastrointestinal tract conditions
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
The 2017 ICD-10-CM updates included a significant number of additions to digestive system diagnoses, especially codes for pancreatitis and intestinal infections. These codes are largely focused in the lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and a review of the anatomy of this body system could help improve accurate documentation interpretation and code selection.
Note from the instructor: Changes to the Medicare appeals process
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
This week's note from the instructor discusses changes to the Medicare Appeals Process as set forth in the final rule published January 17.
The clinical documentation conundrum
Source: HealthLeaders Media
Healthcare leaders are looking at their options for making EHRs simpler to use and their data more interoperable, as well as making clinical documentation more useful and meaningful to clinicians. Healthcare leaders have had some success, but solutions aren't coming easily.
 

Daily Q&A

Q&A: Donor lists
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: Is it a HIPAA violation to list the names of individuals who make donations in memory of a deceased patient as well as the names of those memorialized? And, if so, can this be remedied by adding language to our Notice of Privacy Practices advising that this practice will occur unless the patient objects?


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Medicare Overpayments Final Rule: Analyzing Compliance for Revenue Integrity

During this on-demand program, speakers Judith L. Kares, JD, Esq., and Robert Wade, JD, Esq., discuss how to identify and report overpayments.
 
 

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