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. […]
read more »by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA Fogarty catheters are different than other thrombectomy catheters, such as stent retrievers or aspiration catheters. Because of the differences, the approach which must be assigned to code accurately in ICD-10-PCS is also different. A Fogarty catheter enters the vessel through a cut-down because it contains a guidewire and […]
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Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss Pediatric Neurosurgical Coding: Uncommon Pediatric Neurosurgery Procedures in this free, brief presentation. Need comprehensive and complete pediatrics coding guidance? Then consider Libman Education’s Pediatrics Coding Suite — authored by nationally recognized coding experts Lynn Kuehn and Gail I. […]
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Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss Pediatric Neurosurgical Coding: Treating Spasticity in Pediatric Neurology Patients in this free, brief presentation. Need comprehensive and complete pediatrics coding guidance? Then consider Libman Education’s Pediatrics Coding Suite — authored by nationally recognized coding experts Lynn Kuehn and Gail […]
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Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss Pediatric Neurosurgical Coding: Meningeal Repair in this free, brief presentation. Need comprehensive and complete pediatrics coding guidance? Then consider Libman Education’s Pediatrics Coding Suite — authored by nationally recognized coding experts Lynn Kuehn and Gail I. Smith! Learn more […]
read more »by Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA I never thought much about the “furthest anatomical site” until ICD-10-PCS Guideline B4.1c was added for 2018. This guideline says that when a procedure is performed on a continuous section of a tubular body part, we assign the body part that corresponds to the furthest anatomical site from […]
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Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss Pediatric Neurosurgical Coding: Approaches to the Brain in this free, brief presentation. Need comprehensive and complete pediatrics coding guidance? Then consider Libman Education’s Pediatrics Coding Suite — authored by nationally recognized coding experts Lynn Kuehn and Gail […]
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Hear nationally recognized ICD-10 expert and Libman Education course author Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, discuss Pediatric Neurosurgical Coding: Differentiating Between Cranial and Spinal Dura and Spaces in this free, brief presentation. Need comprehensive and complete pediatrics coding guidance? Then consider Libman Education’s Pediatrics Coding Suite — authored by nationally recognized coding experts Lynn […]
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