As ICD-10 approaches, healthcare providers are worried that lapses in coder productivity could cost them money, according to an Advisory Board Company report published Tuesday. Providers refer to a 50 ...

If toxic encephalopathy (encephalopathy due to drug) is sequenced as the principal diagnosis, metabolic encephalopathy as a secondary diagnosis will act as an MCC. Q: Was there an Excludes note change ...

Ambience Healthcare rolled out an ICD-10 clinical document integrity assistant for inpatient care, aiming to help hospitalists document more accurate clinical notes and reduce billing and coding ...

Medical utilization profiles of commercially insured members with opioid-related disorders differ depending on the code used to document the initial diagnosis in administrative claims. Results: A ...

Context: It is unknown whether hospitalization for a secondary diagnosis of heart failure (HF) impacts adherence to current HF guidelines. National HF databases that benchmark quality of care ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently published a new set of reimbursement criteria for acute inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF). [1] Commonly referred to as the "75 ...