March 2012
Welcome to the Journal of AHIMA’s coverage of the AHIMA 2012 ICD-10 Summit. The summit takes place April 16–17 in Baltimore, MD, and explores the challenges [...]
A 5-year-old patient was brought into the emergency room with a deep 2-cm laceration of his scalp. The child was combative and would not allow staff to cleanse the wound. [more...]
The Department of Health and Human Services has recorded its first enforcement action resulting from the 2009 breach notification rule, reaching a $1.5 million settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee over a breach of more than 1 million records contained on stolen hard drives.
Monday Coding Quiz: A myocardial infarction is considered acute for _____ weeks according to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting.
It’s October 1, 2013, the first day the ICD-10-CM/PCS codes are required in practice. It is also a landmark day for fictional 45-year-old John Smith. At [...]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has again delayed enforcement of the HIPAA 5010 transaction standards, pushing the deadline back three months to June 30, 2012.
Monday Coding Quiz (multiple choice question): Per CPT guidelines, a separate procedure [more...]
