Outpatient coders achieved higher average accuracy scores for the second consecutive year in Central Learning’s nationwide ICD-10 coding contest. Contest participants coded a total of 4,471 medical ...

Coding for lumbar spinal fusion procedures in ASCs or outpatient centers is much different than coding for spinal fusion in the inpatient setting, according to the American Academy of Professional ...

As patient care continues to move from inpatient to outpatient settings, hospitals are mobilizing for change. The March 2016 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Report to the Congress: Medicare ...

Inpatient encounters for Medicare patients 65 years and older are associated with higher coding intensity compared with commercially insured, Medicaid, or self-pay hospitalizations for those same ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

The American Health Information Management Association has outlined core clinical documentation guidelines for coding medical diagnoses and procedures in 2013 and 2014. In a new white paper, AHIMA ...

When is the last time your hospital, health system or organization looked at codes and clinical documentation to ensure everything was compliant with law and best practices? If revenue cycle teams are ...