Revenue Cycle News and Analysis

HIM leaders are confronting a familiar challenge that now carries much higher stakes: controlling access to protected health information in environments that are constantly changing.

Learn how physician-facing technology can make a huge difference for all those involved in the life cycle of medical documentation.

Analyze common issues involved with patient matching and review steps your department can take to modernize processes and procedures.

A neonatal intensive care unit offers very specialized medical services and treatments to premature and critically ill neonates (i.e., babies 28 days old or younger). Review which ICD-10-CM and CPT codes may be used for providers assisting in this type of care.

Medical coders work with many different code sets including CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10-PCS, and ICD-10-CM. This means coders need to be well-versed in medical terminology. One terminology not often talked about in coding circles is the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms—despite the system being around for more than 20 years.