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Education:

Know Your Facts: Coding Resources

To find out all you can about critical V codes, check out these online resources:

  • http://cms.hhs.gov/providers/hhapps/diagnosis.pdf: A new report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on diagnosis coding examples, posted Sept. 30.

  • www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/datasubm.asp: A CMS summary of the V code-related OASIS data changes that took effect Oct. 1.

  • www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/1122diagnostic.pdf: Coding guidelines from CMS' Nov. 22, 2002 satellite broadcast on OASIS changes (see pdf of Eli's HCW, Vol. XI, No. 43, p. 346).

  • www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/usermanu.asp: Attachment D to Chapter 8 of the OASIS Implementation Manual explains coding principles, including V codes, for M0230/M0240 and M0245.

  • www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd9/icdguide.pdf: Fifty-two pages of the official guidelines for ICD-9 coding and reporting on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site.

  • www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm: More general coding information on the CDC site.

  • www.eliresearch.com: For more information on V and E coding, see Eli's OASIS Alert.

  • http://codinginstitute.com/conference/tapes.cgi?detail=430 or call 1-800-508-2582 to purchase coding consultant Prinny Rose Abraham's coding teleconference sponsored by Eli, which reviewed FY2004 coding changes, V and E codes and other coding strategies.

  • http://codinginstitute.com/conference/conference.cgi?detail=487 or call 1-800-508-2582 to sign up for Abraham's newest coding conference sponsored by Eli, scheduled for Nov. 20.