** 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.
Pain Management Coding and the Anatomy of the Spine
If you are anything like me, just looking at pain management codes can be pretty stressful. Especially the codes relating to the spine, spinal nerves, and joints! These codes all seem similar, so how are you supposed to know which code is the right one? What in the...
Webinar Q&A: Pain Management – Injections
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Pain Management - Part 1: Injections.** The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to researchsubsequent official guidance...
April Changes to ICD-10-PCS
It hardly seems possible that it’s been nearly 6 months since the October ICD-10 updates. And while April updates to ICD-10-PCS are hardly new, this year the code changes are no longer limited to new technologies. Compared to ICD-10-CM changes, the PCS code changes...
No April Fools, New ICD-10-CM Codes are Coming 4/1/2023
In case you missed it, ICD-10 updates come twice a year now. April 1, 2023 brings us our first official mid-year update and while there are not as many new codes as we typically see in October, there are more updates than we’ve seen in previous years when April...
Webinar Q&A: Considering Cardiac Caths
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Considering Cardiac Caths.The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to researchsubsequent official guidance in the areas...
Webinar Q&A: Nonvascular IR – Urinary, Biliary, and GI
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Coding Nonvascular Interventional Radiology Series Part 2: Urinary, Biliary, and GI Procedures.The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners...
Webinar Q&A: Nonvascular IR – Minor Procedures
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Coding Nonvascular Interventional Radiology Series Part 1 Minor Procedures. The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to...
Webinar Q&A: E/M Coding for Primary Care
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Time for a Check-up: E/M Coding for Primary Care.** The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to researchsubsequent...
Are You Ready to Fall in Love with Cardiac Catheterization Coding?
Since February is the month of love, I’m here to profess undying love for my professional soulmate – the heart. I can’t help it, I love everything about the heart: the structure, how it works as both its own organ and to keep other organs alive, and the complexity of...
Investing in Health Information Education: Assess and Reassess for Success
Publication: Journal of AHIMA
Mary Beth Haugen, MS, RHIA published in the Journal of AHIMA – Investing in Health Information Education: Assess and Reassess for Success.| Read More.