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Coding from the Heart – Changes to ICD-10-CM for Diseases of the Circulatory System
It’s hard to believe that it’s already February, National Heart Month. Did you know?1 Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups. One person dies every 34 seconds from cardiovascular disease. In 2023, 1 in...
Telehealth and Legislative Updates
As I write this blog the view from my window is a winter wonderland. Colorado got a huge snowstorm yesterday and it is beautiful! Two days ago, my husband and a friend sat at our firepit out back enjoying a bright, sunny day. The only constant truly is change. And...
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas!
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends! Tim and I had our entire family here, our two sons and their families, including 9 of our 10 grandchildren, one girlfriend, and my sister. They literally came from North, South, East, and West! So...
The Only Constant is Change: What’s New in Our Coding World
As the leaves on the trees are beginning to change all around us, I am reminded again that the only constant in healthcare is change. To be successful in medical coding, we must embrace and adapt quickly to change. Speaking of change, an exciting event happened last...
“Oh the places you’ll go!” — Guest Blog by Rhonda Buckholtz
This guest blog post was originally posted in January of 2015. My first job in healthcare was not what dreams are made of. I originally took a job doing filing as a way to escape. I was tired of the many hours I was working and thought I wanted a job where I could...
Changing Seasons: Equipping Ourselves for Success
As the leaves on the trees are beginning to change all around us, I am reminded again that the only constant in healthcare is change. And in order to be successful in medical coding, we must embrace and adapt quickly to change. These past 18 months have brought much...
There’s Always Something Fresh and New
I was out in the backyard yesterday, putting out some suet and seed for the birds and noticed the new lilac buds turning green, the first sign of Spring! My heart thrilled at the idea of emerging flowers, the sweet songs of birds and warmer weather. Just like the...
Coding from the Heart
As coders, we take our jobs very seriously, sometimes a little too seriously. What I mean by that is sometimes we take what we read to heart. As we are coding, we are reading the story of peoples’ lives and of their illnesses, their tragedies, their injuries, and...
Updated Helpful Website Guide for Medical Coders
Sometimes when we are coding, we need to check coding guidelines, bundling rules, relative value units (RVUs) or global days. I have just finished updating my Helpful Websites page and wanted you to know in case you need access to updated resources, most of which are...
Time to Make Some Changes
Just when we thought we had a handle on ICD-10-CM, CMS has announced the first changes to the code set. They can be found at:
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