by Kristi Pollard | May 27, 2020 | Resources
Digging Into HIM & Coding Blog When was the last time you really thought about the marvel that is your foot? The human foot is composed of 26 bones, 33 joints, and what seems like endless tendons and ligaments. The number of body parts alone make coding...
by Kristi Pollard | May 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
When was the last time you really thought about the marvel that is your foot? The human foot is composed of 26 bones, 33 joints, and what seems like endless tendons and ligaments. The number of body parts alone make coding podiatric procedures complex. And much...
by Kristi Pollard | Mar 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
For many, the ins and outs of facility evaluation and management (E/M) coding for emergency department (ED) services are shrouded in mystery. In an industry where everything seems to be regulated, there appears to be a lack of regulation in the world of facility ED...
by Kristi Pollard | Mar 5, 2020 | Blog
I originally penned this blog post in 2011 and while the essence of DRGs hasn’t changed much, the coding system has. So here is the ICD-10 update to one of my most popular blog posts of all time. Enjoy! So you want to be a coder. And not just that, you want to...
by Kristi Pollard | Feb 7, 2020 | Blog
One of the most complex areas of coding for cardiac catheterization procedures is determining when to code a diagnostic heart angiogram (imaging) separate from a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The guidelines for reporting separate diagnostic imaging are...
