by Bill Wagner | Apr 15, 2018 | Blog
What Is HIPAA Auditing? Though the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed by Congress in 1996, it wasn’t until 2003 that the first national data privacy and security rules were issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
by Sarah Humbert | Mar 15, 2018 | Blog
On February 21, 2018 Temeka Davis, RHIT, and I hosted a webinar on how to correctly code pressure ulcers. This blog lists three important tips from our presentation for proper coding of pressure ulcers. TIP #1: CHECK YOUR RESOURCES The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory...
by Sarah Humbert | Mar 1, 2018 | Blog
I recently wrote about this topic in the Journal of AHIMA’s March 2018 issue. The following blog summarizes key points from the article for coding managers and HIM directors or you can read the full version here. The implementation of ICD-10 in October 2015...
by Charlene M. Laxson | Dec 20, 2017 | Blog
EHR IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES TRIGGER MEDICAL RECORD CODING BACKLOGS A recent survey of HIM professionals confirms what KIWI-TEK coding experts already know—electronic health record (EHR) implementations trigger medical record coding backlogs. During the November 2017...
by Sarah Humbert | Oct 26, 2017 | Blog
Complex Medical Coding ICD-10 Cases Complex inpatient encounters often involve new, experimental surgical procedures. Most common in academic medical centers, these coding cases create hurdles for coders and medical coding management. Managers may need to forego the...
by Sarah Humbert | Oct 10, 2017 | Blog
HIM Scene, a leading industry blog for health information management professionals, recognizes the need to carefully weigh outsourced coding options in a post ICD-10 environment in their October post. With 70 percent of outsourcing clients expected to extend current...
