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Reviewing inpatient coding for skin cancers

Adrienne Commeree, CPC, CPMA, CCS, CEMC, CPIP, writes that coding for skin cancers requires understanding the guidelines as well as knowledge of how the conditions are classified in the ICD-10-CM manual.

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Maintaining documentation and coding integrity with kidney disease
James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, explains how ICD-10-CM addresses kidney illness and advises on how to ensure documentation and coding integrity through certain challenges including risk-adjustment methodologies and functional versus anatomic diagnoses.
Coding Clinic advice for neurology, stroke, heart attacks, and drug dependence
Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, tackles guidance changes in the recently released Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2017.
Healthcare News: Study finds electronic alert increased pediatric sepsis detection
According to a study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine, researchers studying emergency department (ED) visits found that electronic sepsis alert implementation increased ED sepsis detection from 83% to 96%.
Q&A: Understanding coding guidelines for a STEMI
Q: Our facility has difficulty reporting ST-elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMI). Can you explain the coding guidelines for a STEMI?
 

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