** The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to research subsequent official guidance in the areas associated with the topic as they can change rapidly.
Webinar Q&A: The Profee Coder’s Guide to Coding in 2024
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar The Profee Coder's Guide to Coding in 2024.** The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to researchsubsequent official...
Webinar Q&A: HCC Updates: The Change from Version 24 to Version 28
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar HCC Updates: The Change from Version 24 to Version 28. ** The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to research...
The Evolving Competencies of Medical Coders: Navigating the Future
The field of medical coding has long been regarded as a critical component of healthcare, ensuring that patient data is accurately recorded and categorized. Anyone who sits in the coder role often wonders if they are really valued and often struggles to communicate...
2025 AHIMA Recertification Update
** On December 14, 2023 AHIMA announced it was deferring the recertification changes until 'no earlier than January 1, 2025'. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has recently communicated changes to the Recertification Policy which will go...
CMS Risk Adjustment Model changes from Version 24 to Version 28 in 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the updates to the Risk Adjustment model for 2024 and there are some big changes coming. The transition from the previous version (V24) to the new version (V28) includes changes to the hierarchical...
Coding for COVID Testing in a Post Pandemic World
The public health emergency ended on May 11, 2023, and the COVID screening guideline was updated in October, but here we are: still getting questions about coding for COVID testing. The last three and a half years have been anything but normal and COVID reigned...
The Future of Medical Coding: Navigating a Transformative Landscape
The world of medical coding considered by many to be a meticulous and manual task, is on the brink of significant transformation. I personally can attest to this as many of my professional colleagues thought I was a bit crazy for enjoying the time I spent as a...
Haugen Best Practice: Clinically Significant Secondary Diagnoses
Haugen Consulting Group has received questions regarding the 2024 update to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. This change added the terminology “clinically significant” in relation to reportable secondary diagnoses. In response to those...
Proposed Rule Establishes Disincentives for Providers Who Commit Information Blocking
Back in June (2023), the Health and Human Services Department’s Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued a final rule outlining the penalties IT developers, health information exchanges and health information networks would face for information blocking...
Webinar Q&A: Coding Shoulder Procedures
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Coding Shoulder Procedures.** The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to researchsubsequent official guidance in the...
