Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss ICD-10-PCS: Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy in this free, brief presentation.   ICD-10-PCS: Gastrointestinal Procedure Coding Learn to code advanced gastrointestinal procedures with the unique perspective and expertise offered by nationally recognized ICD-10-PCS coding expert Lynn Kuehn! ICD-10-PCS: Gastrointestinal Procedures […]

by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA Have you seen those images that look like one thing from one viewpoint and then something completely different when you concentrate on only one part? For example, the image of the young woman that is also a drawing of an older lady or the vase that can also […]

by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CSS-P, FAHIMA It is not always obvious that doing something the same way we have always done it can actually be to our detriment. In coding, this can occur when we fail to investigate a procedure we thought we knew all about or when we accept a code that the […]

by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA I will bet that you know there are 31 individual root operations in ICD-10-PCS. But some people may be surprised to learn that there are nine groups of these root operations, based on common features within each group. Understanding these nine groups is critical to quickly and confidently […]

by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA When is cutting not Division? If a tendon is involved, most of the time the answer is Release. Questions about cutting tendons have come up a lot lately in my consulting practice, so it’s time to tackle tendon procedures. Tendons connect muscles to bones and allow movement of […]

by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA Making some root operation decisions are harder than others. A question came to me last week about the J Pouch procedure, performed after total colectomy. There was controversy about the correct root operation and they wanted me to explain the correct answer. I guess they read my recent […]

by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA If you were a coding professional in 2015, you lived through ICD-10 implementation that year. Much anxiety ahead of time led to intensive training and preparation which resulted in an implementation that was not perfect but nothing we as profession could not handle. Four years in and any coder […]

by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA One of the most welcome guideline changes of recent years went into effect on October 1, 2015 with the ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. In those guidelines, Guideline A11 instructs that “It is the coder’s responsibility to determine what the documentation in the medical record equates to […]

Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss ICD-10-PCS for FY 2020: Unidirectional Brachytherapy in this free, brief presentation.   The Complete ICD-10-PCS Training Package The Complete ICD-10-PCS Training Package by nationally recognized coding expert Lynn Kuehn provides complete training on the structure and use of […]