by Barry Libman, MS, RHIA, CDIP, CCS As a coding professional and one responsible for education of coders and CDI, I care deeply about the accuracy and completeness of documentation. Our ultimate goal is clinical truth, not DRG optimization. Some clinical truths are easier to reflect than others. A client recently approached us with a problem. […]
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Hear Barry Libman, MS, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, President of Libman Education and a nationally-recognized authority on coding and reimbursement issues, discuss “ICD-10 Coding Clinic Update (Q3 2018): DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction” in this free, brief presentation. Listen to Barry’s Coding Clinic Update in its entirety for in-depth commentary on selected coding advice and clarifications from […]
read more »Hear Barry Libman, MS, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, President of Libman Education and a nationally-recognized authority on coding and reimbursement issues for long term acute care hospitals, discuss “ICD-10 Coding Clinic Update (Q3 2018): Pseudogout of Knee” in this free, brief presentation. Want more? Barry’s Coding Clinic Commentary provides in-depth commentary on selected coding advice and clarifications from AHA […]
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by Sandy Macica, MS, RHIA, CCS The AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, Second Quarter 2018, pg. 3, has provided clarification and further advice about the coding of an IABP. Information was originally published in Coding Clinic Third Quarter 2013. In First Quarter 2017, pg. 10, coding specialists were instructed that: • Guidance for external […]
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(Running time: 6:18) Libman Education is pleased to offer this FREE two-part webinar providing commentary on selected coding advice offered in AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS for Q4, 2017.
read more »Coding Clinic provides specific information and guidelines that are helpful for determining proper coding. In the latest available presentation in the series, Barry Libman discusses “Hypertension and Congestive Heart Failure.” (Running time: 6:18) […]
read more »Coding Clinic provides specific information and guidelines that are helpful for determining proper coding. In the latest available presentation in the series, Barry Libman discusses “Weakness Following CVA.” (Running time: 1:07) […]
read more »(Running time: 10:58) Coding Clinic provides specific information and guidelines that are helpful for determining proper coding. In the latest available presentation in the series, Barry Libman discusses “Viral Sepsis.”
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Following the release of this Coding Clinic, the question on everyone’s mind was “What about the diagnoses COPD and aspiration pneumonia? Is aspiration pneumonia considered
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(Running time: 3:10) Coding Clinic provides specific information and guidelines that are helpful for determining proper coding. In the latest available presentation in the series, Barry Libman discusses “Sepsis – Clinical Guidelines.”
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