The July feature article takes a look at how HIM professionals have integrated POA reporting into their workflow processes and reporting requirements over the past two years. Other features report on the use of ICD-10 for mortality coding, how to make the most of external coding audits, and the benefits of standards development organizations that collaborate together.

Members may read all stories online in the AHIMA FORE Library: HIM Body of Knowledge. Select features and practice briefs also are available publicly.

July 2009

Features

• Present on Admission: Where We Are Now, by Gail Garrett, RHIT
• Mortality Coding Marks 10 Years of ICD-10, by Chris Dimick
• Making the Most of External Coding Audits, by Cathy Brownfield, RHIA, CCS, and Donna M. Didier, MEd, RHIA, CCS
• Healthcare Standards Development: The Value of Nurturing Collaboration, by William Edward Hammond, PhD, Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD, and Rebecca Daniels Kush, PhD

In Addition

• Classifications without Borders, by Sue Bowman, RHIA, CCS, and Rita Scichilone, MHSA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, F-CHC

Practice Brief

• Managing the Integrity of Patient Identity in Health Information Exchange

Working Smart

• Documenting Data Loss, by Sandra Nunn, MA, RHIA, CHP
• Amendments to FERPA Regulations, by Laurie A. Rinehart-Thompson, JD, RHIA, CHP
• Preparing for ICD-10-CM, by Eric Rose, MD, FAAFP
• Parental Proxy Access via Web Portals, by Sheila Green-Shook, MHA, RHIA, CHP

Coding Notes

• New Guidance for Home Health Coding, by Ida Blevins, RHIA
• The Casting Conundrum, by Tanai S. Nelson, CCS, CCS-P, and Christina Benjamin, MA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P