Many coders rely on the advice in the American Hospital Association (AHA)'s Coding Clinic to resolve sticky situations with ICD-9-CM coding. However, the AHA will not be transitioning its current guidance to ICD-10-CM. Instead, in January, it began focusing solely on ICD-10-CM questions to help clear up confusion prior to implementation.
This week’s updates include the January 2015 updates to the Integrated Outpatient Code Editor and OPPS. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
This week’s updates include changes to and billing instructions for various payment policies implemented in the January 2015 OPPS update and new waived tests. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
This week’s updates include a proposed rule regarding Accountable Care Organizations and information about outpatient therapy supervision levels. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
This week’s note is about supervision levels at critical access and small rural hospitals. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.
