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1. Open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. 2. Hiatal hernia repair. Here is part of the body of the procedure : gastrojejunostomy was marked with a stitch. Measuring distally another 150 cm. were measured and the jejunal jejunostomy anastomosis was performed in the. usual anatomic fashion in a side to side functional end to end anastomosis.
4611 Brierwood Place. Atlanta, GA 30360. (770) 216-9691 (Office) (404) 580-0204 (Cell) cmorell. December 2015 edited March 2016. Thank you for weighing in Dr. Gold. The problem arises with assignment of the ICD-10 procedure code for repair of hiatal hernia. E.g. with use of the 3M Encoder.
ABL Anemia/Clinical Indicator Query. katysuegood@gmail.com. November 2013 edited May 2016 in CDI Talk Archive. For those querying for clinical indicators of documented diagnoses. If you had a patient with documented Acute Blood Loss Anemia s/p surgery but they never had an Hgb below 10, received no transfusions, and we did not repeat the H/H ...
October 2017. As of Oct 1, 2016, you are unable to use cerebral herniation (compression) in trauma cases. Makes absolutely no sense and it really hurt maximizing those DRGs in our trauma institute. twittig@hcscoding.net. November 2017. The patient has a traumatic SDH and is also documented as having a brain herniation.
It is addressing a question for I-10 but the same concept applies to I-9. [cid:image006.png@01D09924.CE8B6A60] Do you code excisional debridement done with a Bovie to excisional or nonexcisional? Sharon Salinas, CCS Health Information Management Barlow Respiratory Hospital 2000 Stadium Way, Los Angeles CA 90026 Tel: 213-250-4200 ext 3336 FAX ...
January 2016edited March 2016. Thanks Dr. Gold : ) Kerry Seekircher, RN, BS, CCDS, CDIP Clinical Documentation Program Manager Northern Westchester Hospital 400 East Main Street Mount Kisco, NY 10549 Email: kseekircher@nwhc.net Phone: 914-666-1243 Fax: 914-666-1013. katysuegood@gmail.com. January 2016edited March 2016.
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting FY 2018 Page 18 of 117. This is our query template: ( ) The above is an inherent, integral or routinely potential/expected occurrence of surgery (not a complication) ( ) The above was an inadvertent, unintended, iatrogenic, or unexpected occurrence of surgery (complication)
ABLA denials. Hi, we are finding that insurance is denying ABLA when there is a significant drop in hgb but provider is continuing to monitor w/frequent labs. My understanding is that this is not unusual across the country. Do any CDI programs have guidelines on when they report ABLA, i.e. a certain amount of a drop in hgb, a hgb below a ...
Answer: Assign only the following code: 0W9G3ZZ Drainage of peritoneal cavity, percutaneous approach, for the diagnostic and therapeutic paracentesis. If there is a therapeutic component to the procedure, only the qualifier “Z” is used, rather than the qualifier “X.”. The qualifier “X” is exclusively used for diagnostic procedures only.
Consolidation on CT scans refers to a pattern of pulmonary abnormality that appears as a homogeneous increase in lung parenchymal attenuation that obscures the margins of vessels. and airway walls. Consolidation consists of an exudate or other product of disease that replaces alveolar air, rendering the lung solid (as in infective pneumonia ...