Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
EDUCATION:
Sharpen Your Wound Coding With This Educational Offering
Published on Mon Nov 23, 2009
Did you know that inaccurate wound coding is one of the most common reasons for RHHI denials? Make sure your wound care coding know-how is up to date in a special 1-hour audio conference with expert speaker Tricia A. Twombly.
Join us on Dec. 1 at 1:00 EST for this informative session. For more information about the conference, go to www.audioeducator.com/conference-Home-Health-Wound-Coding-0112 or reach us by phone at 1-800-508-2582.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
- CODING HOW-TO:
Audit Proof Your Hypertension Coding with 3 Experts' Tips
Answer three questions before listing 401.9 as primary. If you've been listing hypertension (HTN) as [...] - CODING 101:
Double-Check Documentation or Risk GERD, Low Vision Downcoding
Case mix diagnoses bring claim scrutiny. Auditors are looking closely at claims with gastroesophageal reflux [...] - OASIS News:
Get the Final 2010 Home Health Service Rates Now
Make sure you have the latest -- and most accurate -- version of software and instructions. The [...] - YOU BE THE CODER:
Tackle this Osteomyelitis Coding Scenario
Question: Our new patient is diabetic. He developed osteomyelitis which resulted in the amputation of [...] - EDUCATION:
Sharpen Your Wound Coding With This Educational Offering
Did you know that inaccurate wound coding is one of the most common reasons for [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
Complications Trump V Codes
Question: Our patient had a laceration on his right thigh from a trauma. He had [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
Code Cause with Poor Vision
Question: The physician wrote on the order for our new patient "poor vision secondary to [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
Look to Aftercare for Hip Replacement
Question: Our new patient had a total hip replacement. We are providing medication monitoring for [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
Mind Your Sequencing with Late Effects
Question: Our patient had a fractured tibiafibula fracture six months ago. He had an open [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
Use Multiple Codes for Multiple Fractures
Question: Our new patient comes to us after a car accident. She went from the [...]
View All
