Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss ICD-10-PCS Coding of Bimalleolar and Trimalleolar Fractures in this free, brief presentation. Now available! FY 2020 ICD-10 Code Updates by nationally recognized coding expert Lynn Kuehn “Anyone can read what the changes are, but truly understanding what the […]
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Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss ICD-10-PCS Coding of Vascular Procedures Using Guideline B4.1c in this free, brief presentation. Now available! FY 2020 ICD-10 Code Updates by nationally recognized coding expert Lynn Kuehn “Anyone can read what the changes are, but truly understanding what […]
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Until the implementation of the 2018 code set, this procedure cannot be accurately coded in ICD-10-PCS because the percutaneous approach is not available. From 2015 to 2017, the correct coding is repair of the atrial septum, which sounds incorrect. The septum needs to be …
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Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss ICD-10-PCS Code Set for FY 2020: Coronary Artery Bifurcation in this free, brief presentation. Now available! FY 2020 ICD-10 Code Updates by nationally recognized coding expert Lynn Kuehn “Anyone can read what the changes are, but truly understanding what […]
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Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss ICD-10-PCS Code Set for FY 2020: Deletion of External Approach for Breast Tissue Procedures in this free, brief presentation. Now available! FY 2020 ICD-10 Code Updates by nationally recognized coding expert Lynn Kuehn “Anyone can read what the […]
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Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss ICD-10-PCS Code Set for FY 2020: Deletion of Arterial Transfusions in this free, brief presentation. Now available! FY 2020 ICD-10 Code Updates by nationally recognized coding expert Lynn Kuehn “Anyone can read what the changes are, but truly […]
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Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss ICD-10-PCS Code Set for FY 2020: Deletions of Upper and Lower Artery Bifurcations in this free, brief presentation. Now available! FY 2020 ICD-10 Code Updates by nationally recognized coding expert Lynn Kuehn “Anyone can read what the changes are, […]
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by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA Long-awaited codes for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis (TB) are finally coming to the FY2020 ICD-10-CM code set. To review, later TB is the presence of mycobacterium tuberculosis in the patient’s body but the bacteria has not grown. Latent TB has no symptoms and can’t be spread […]
read more »by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA ICD-10-PCS FY2020 brings us another different way to complete the process of epidermal autografting – a new method called cell suspension technique. Let’s compare this new technique to the other ways the epidermis, the outermost layer of skin, can be grafted from the patient’s own skin. The cell […]
read more »by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA The Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule for FY2020 contained an ominous collection of MCC and CC deletions. Thankfully, the Final Rule may let us breathe a little easier. A review of the draft version of the final rule reveals that almost 150 proposed MCC deletions and […]
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(Running time: 3:21) Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss Hydrocephalus and Types of Shunts (Issues in Pediatric Procedure Coding) in this free, brief presentation.
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Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss Scoliosis (Issues in Pediatric Procedure Coding) in this free, brief presentation. Need comprehensive and complete pediatrics coding guidance? ICD-10-PCS for Pediatrics: Procedures in the Musculoskeletal Systems provides detailed instruction on coding of procedures performed in the Musculoskeletal Systems. Complete package […]
read more »by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA If you are a coder in a pediatric setting, you know that pediatrics is just different from adult medicine. This is especially true in surgical procedures. Adult surgery frequently deals with fixing degeneration or trauma; things that happen to a person. Pediatric surgery often deals with complex reconstructions […]
read more »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 […]
read more »by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA Is an orbital atherectomy the same as a rotational atherectomy? This question came to me earlier this week and has required some research. And, the answer is: They are not the same. Let’s look at the orbital atherectomy first. Orbital atherectomy is performed on calcified plaque lesions using […]
read more »by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA The goal of the Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT) procedure is to gain access to a compromised neonatal airway before complete delivery takes place. The EXIT procedure involves both patients, Mom and Neonate, and uses a team of professionals managing each patient, with the teams being totally synchronized […]
read more »by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA First things first. A bifurcation is like a fork in the road. Webster says that a bifurcation is “the point or area at which something divides into two branches or parts or the point at which bifurcating occurs.” Here are two examples as shown in the drawings. Bifurcated […]
read more »by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding is somewhat like driving a car. You need to know some important theory before taking to the road. E/M calculators or E/M coding and productivity tools help speed documentation review but they don’t make choices for the coder. It is the coder’s responsibility to […]
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by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA Tunneled and non-tunneled central venous catheters are different. A non-tunneled catheter is inserted directly into a central vein but the tunneled variety uses an extender piece that is placed into the subcutaneous tissue, in addition to the central catheter. The tunneled extender piece determines the difference in coding for […]
read more »by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA Coding the root operation of Detachment when the surgeon doesn’t document the ICD-10-PCS terminology of high, mid, or low amputations can be a challenge. Physicians don’t need to document these words, but they do need to give the coder enough documentation to know where the amputation took place. […]
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