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This update to a previous web article gives HIM professionals more questions they should ask prospective computer-assisted coding vendors.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will maintain their commitment to the current ICD-10-CM/PCS compliance date of October 1, 2014, according to a letter sent to AHIMA President Kathleen A. Frawley.
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A query can be a powerful communication tool used to clarify documentation in the health record and achieve accurate code assignments. This Practice Brief In Addition provides examples of the different forms of queries available to HIM professionals.
Examples include: verbal query documentation, open-ended query, multiple choice query, and yes/no query.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is working on a response to a letter issued by the American Medical Association (AMA) calling for the cancelation of ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation.
But while physicians may feel overburdened by the ICD-10 implementation and other healthcare changes, moving the industry to ICD-10 is necessary and it must stay on track for the October 1, 2014 compliance deadline, stated a letter sent by AHIMA officials on January 9 to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
As we begin a new year, AHIMA Director of HIM Solutions Karen Kostick, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, discusses HIM’s path to computer-assisted coding, along with other hot topics facing HIM in 2013.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued revised requirements to auditors for reviewing pre- and post-payment claims when EHR templates are used. While CMS does not specifically prohibit or endorse the use of EHR templates, it has instructed auditors to take a closer look at claims involving the use of templates to make sure all services are properly documented.
Though the transition to the more granular ICD-10-CM/PCS code set may help, documentation processes at most hospitals will need an overhaul to support the type of pay-for-outcomes coding needed to reflect the care delivered and the severity of illness for patients.
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