by Kristi Pollard | Mar 23, 2021 | Blog, Tips & Expertise
Please Note: Screen 44 in the live presentation showed code 00NW0ZZ for release of the spinal cord twice. It should only be listed once. Code 01N10ZZ for release of the cervical spinal nerve should also be assigned. Q: If he said he used the mix of bone graft, bone...
by Kristi Pollard | May 25, 2021 | Blog, Tips & Expertise
Q: Would you use laminaria qualifier on the abortion table for the use of a synthetic osmotic dilator such as Dilapan-S? A: Dilapan-S has a similar action on cervical dilation as laminaria insertion. Haugen Consulting Group recommends using the qualifier...
by Kristi Pollard | May 4, 2021 | Blog
I remember a time when assigning ICD-9 procedure codes when we always picked up blood transfusions. With the implementation of ICD-10-PCS, this was one of the procedures that most hospitals phased out. The rationale for this decision in most organizations stemmed...
by Kristi Pollard | Apr 19, 2021 | Blog, Tips & Expertise
Q: We were originally educating the coders at our facility to code removal of internal fixation device from the joint per Coding Clinic 2Q 2017 pgs. 23-24 however a correction was issued in Coding Clinic 2Q2019 that states to use body part of vertebrae. But you’re...
by Kristi Pollard | Aug 4, 2020 | Blog, Covid News
It has been a wild year for coding updates so far and we haven’t even implemented the codes for fiscal year 2021 yet. I will be detailing those code changes in two information-packed webinars scheduled to air later this month, but an August 1, 2020 release is one...
