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Perfecting inpatient coding for scleroderma

Peggy S. Blue, MPH, CPC, CCS-P, CEMC, takes a look at scleroderma diagnoses and helps coders to breakdown the disease components and treatment to better identify it in documentation and improve coding.

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Reviewing 2018 ICD-10-PCS cardiovascular code changes
Laura Legg, RHIT, CCS, CDIP, writes that coders will benefit from digging deeper into the meanings of the new fiscal year 2018 ICD-10-PCS cardiovascular code descriptions to be able to fully comprehend and use them.
Establishing effective remote CDI takes planning
Beginning and sustaining a remote CDI program can be a challenge for even seasoned professionals. Traditionally, CDI specialists put in varying amounts of face-to-face time with the physicians. Ideally, that in-person interaction makes the physicians more open to CDI efforts. However, many remote CDI programs and individual specialists have found creative ways around this face-to-face time.
Healthcare News: CMS finalizes 2018 ICD-10-PCS codes
On June 13, CMS released the final 2018 ICD-10-PCS codes that will become effective October 1. These changes come on the heels of April’s IPPS proposed rule.
Q&A: Clarification for ‘code first’ and ‘in diseases classified elsewhere’
Q: I can't distinguish between "code first" and "in diseases classified elsewhere.” Both are used with manifestations and both can't be sequenced as principal diagnosis and both need etiology codes, so what is the difference?
 

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