Coding updates
The CMS OPPS 2024 Final Rule updates on payment policies impact approximately 3,500 hospitals and about 6,000 ASCs. The rule includes finalizing payment rates and new policies aligning with key administration goals.
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Our Refresh With YES: PCS Basics comprehensive program is divided into four parts, with a focus on the Coding Guidelines for the Medical and Surgical section of the ICD-10-PCS Coding system.
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The Refresh With YES: ICD-10-CM Heart Failure, Hypertension, and CKD Learning Path teaches learners how to code and classify the different types of heart failure, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) diagnoses, divided into 11-22-minute webinars.
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Medical coding and auditing require not only precision but also a deep understanding of ever-changing coding systems and guidelines. That is why active enrollment in health information management courses is crucial to your success.
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The 2024 CPT codes contain 349 editorial changes, including 230 additions, 49 deletions, and 70 revisions, describing 11,163 medical procedures and services. In 2024, over 11,000 services will receive Spanish language descriptors to aid those facing language barriers.
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The 2024 ICD-10 coding updates and guideline changes will apply to patient encounters and discharges from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024. These updates encompass various additions, revisions, and deletions to the code sets.
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The 2024 IPPS Final Rule discusses overall adjustments to IPPS and updates to MS-DRGs, New Technology Add-on Payments (NTAP), and many other changes.
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What’s the difference between Inpatient and ProFee coding? Explore the coding basics, definitions, and reimbursement rules for Inpatient and ProFee coding.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the ICD-10-CM 2024 codes for use by all provider types, including Inpatient and Outpatient. The updates include 395 new codes and 25 deletions in 17 different chapters of ICD-10-CM.
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CMS updated the 2024 CMS-HCC risk adjustment model by including reliable predictors of future costs and excluding unreliable ones. In summary, the CY2024 CMS-HCC model classifies the ~74,000 ICD-10-CM diagnoses codes into 266 CMS-HCCs.
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