In 2018, most organizations held the line on coder productivity, according to the results of sister publication HIM Briefings’ 2018 coding productivity survey.
This week's note from the instructor discusses recent guidance from CMS on how to handle the removal of TKAs from the inpatient-only list and the 2 midnight rule.
Experts Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, and Cynthia Tang, RHIA, CCS review the recently published “Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) Criteria for the Diagnosis of Malnutrition: A Consensus Report From the Global Clinical Nutrition Community” and help coders apply this criteria in ICD-10-CM.
Mandatory participation in Medicare bundled payment programs may yield better results, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report released January 22.
