CMS and the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released changes to the ICD-10-CM guidelines for fiscal year 2019. 1. The new guidelines apply to all hospital inpatient and outpatient coding ...

ICD-10-CM coding can be challenging for coders in the outpatient setting. It is important to remember that the Official ICD-10-CM Guidelines for Coding and Reporting provide a road map to ensure ...

#10: The ICD-10 is only new to the United States. ICD is the acronym for the International Classification of Diseases, which is the diagnostic manual of the World Health Organization (WHO). The ICD ...

I120 Hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 5 chronic kidney disease or end stage renal disease I129 Hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 1 through stage 4 chronic kidney disease, or ...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the mental and behavioral health needs of many Americans, and, with social isolation rampant during that time, particular focus was trained on the health effects that ...

In a little more than a week, on June 21, the summer solstice will occur. That’s the day when the Earth’s axis is tilted at its closest point from the sun. This means that in the Northern Hemisphere, ...