The Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 for acute care hospital discharges became effective on October 1, 2019. The final rule was displayed in…
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Codes for a Safe and Happy New Year
As you traverse icy highways to be with friends and family this season, the Journal of AHIMA encourages you to remember: safety first! And it couldn’t hurt to commit some…
Coding Thanksgiving Emergencies
You may have heard that emergency department (ED) visits spike during the holidays—higher than normal alcohol intake, contaminated poultry, and a habit of straying from doctor’s orders are leading culprits,…
ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee Discusses Code Proposals for Sepsis, Synthetic Opioids
At the September meeting of the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee, members discussed ICD-10-CM proposals for codes for identification of specific synthetic opioids and revisions to the sepsis/severe sepsis codes,…