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Specific documentation helps optimize payments for heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/coding.htm
15 Jan 2009
Accurate coding for transfer to post-discharge facilities
Accurate ICD-9-CM codes for diagnoses and procedures performed during a hospital stay will only partially determine payment. Discharge status codes must be given equal attention.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/coding.htm
15 Sep 2009
Walking the tightrope of medical necessity
Our columnist discusses key elements of deciding the appropriate level of care for a given patient (inpatient versus outpatient or outpatient with observation).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/coding.htm
15 Dec 2009
Coding cardiac conditions: Beyond acute coronary syndrome
Acute coronary syndrome is a very popular diagnosis frequently documented when a patient presents to the hospital with chest pain thought to be cardiac in origin. For accurate coding, physicians should document unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/coding.htm
15 Jul 2009
Updates on NOTICE, Sepsis-3, and hypertensive crisis
CMS takes action on several recently covered topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/coding-update-NOTICE-Sepsis-3.htm
15 Oct 2016
Coding corner
Coding corner: ICD-9 changes take effect.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/coding.htm
15 Oct 2008
Documenting skin ulcers: The pressure is on
Physicians must carefully identify patients at high risk of developing pressure ulcers and then initiate and document prevention strategies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/coding.htm
15 May 2009
Documenting and billing for critical care services
To avoid rejection of critical care codes, physicians must be familiar with coding definitions, and documentation must reflect the professional services that support the codes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/coding.htm
15 Mar 2010
Letter to the Editor
This month's issue includes articles on improving nights and weekends care, choosing the best readmission risk prediction strategies, and establishing hospitalist preoperative care clinics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/07/lfe.htm
15 Jul 2014
Hospitalists as physician advisors
An understanding of reimbursement, safety and quality issues makes hospitalists a good fit for the job.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/physadvisor.htm
15 Jul 2013