All institutional outpatient claims, regardless of facility type, process through the Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (IOCE). The IOCE is a program utilized by Medicare Administrative...
Assigning & Sequencing: Addressing Pain Codes Codes to define pain were present in ICD-9-CM, first being published in 2006. Prior to this, most alphabetical index...
What is ICD-10? International Classification of Disease (ICD)-10, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is “the international standard diagnostic classification for all general epidemiological,...
TBI: Coding Traumatic Brain Injuries The correct coding of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can cause confusion… no pun intended. The coder needs to understand not...
Breaking It Down: EGD with Endoscopic Ultrasound Esophagogastroduodenoscopies with endoscopic ultrasound examination can appear rather confusing, especially when additional procedures such as fine needle aspirations...
Obstetrical and Newborn Coding Tips for ICD-10-CM and PCS With the implementation of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, some areas of obstetrical and newborn coding have...