Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
ICD-10 Coverage
Published on Mon Apr 15, 2013 
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Our name may still be Home Health ICD-9 Alert, but we’re here to help with your ICD-10 transition. Each month, we’ll include articles that will help you make sure you’re on track for the changes ahead as well as give you practical information about how to code common diagnoses in the new code set. We’ll continue to increase our ICD-10 coverage as Oct. 1, 2014 draws nearer.
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Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
- Coding How-To:
Don't Shortchange Yourself by Assuming a Condition is Resolved
Surgery doesn’t necessarily cure cancer. Not all the diagnosis coding errors you make on the [...] - Coding 101:
Keep Low Vision Diagnoses from Clouding Your Claims
Steer clear of this OASIS/diagnosis coding assumption. When your patient scores as having impaired vision [...] - ICD-10 Coverage
Our name may still be Home Health ICD-9 Alert, but we’re here to help with [...] - ICD-10 Update:
Avoid a Shock: Start Acclimating to ICD-10 Now
Say ‘so long’ to V57.x confusion. Preparing for ICD-10 is like getting a new goldfish, [...] - ICD-10 Coding:
Get Ready to Add More Information to Burn Coding
ICD-10 will keep additional TBSA code. The steps you’ll take to code for burns in [...] - You Be the Coder:
Code Thoroughly for Low Vision and CHF
Question: Our new patient is an 81 year-old gentleman referred to home health following a [...] - Reader Question:
Don't Assume with Seemingly Related Conditions
Question: Can I assume an association for coding purposes when two conditions are listed together [...] - Reader Question:
Keep Diagnoses in Order with Therapy Patient
Question: Our new patient has difficulty ambulating and weakness due to her lumbosacral spondylosis, lumbar [...] - Reader Question:
Simplify Complicated Wound Coding
Question: We have had patients who were receiving care for trauma wounds that didn’t heal [...]
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