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The Refresh With YES: ICD-10-CM External Causes Coding Learning Path examines codes and guidelines for external causes of morbidity, including place of occurrence, activity, and external cause status.
Since these variants have different characteristics, certain COVID-19 tests may not be as effective in detecting the virus or its variants. The affected tests include molecular, antigen, and serology tests (FDA, 2021).
The Refresh With YES: ICD-10-CM Sepsis Coding Learning Path teaches learners how to apply the ICD 10 codes for sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock. Learners will also review sepsis coding scenarios and guidelines.
The AMA released technical corrections to the E/M services guidelines on March 9, 2021. The corrections are retroactive to the January 1 implementation date of the updates (AMA, 2021).
The Refresh With YES: ICD-10-CM Neoplasm Coding Learning Path shows learners how to correctly code neoplasms based on ICD-10-CM Chapters 2 and 21 guidelines.
The FAQs document published by AHIMA and AHA has provided valuable information on the coding of COVID-19-related cases since March 2020, before the U07.1 code took effect on April 1, 2020.
The Refresh With YES: ICD-10-CM D68.32 Coding course shows learners how to correctly use the ICD-10-CM code D68.32, hemorrhagic disorder due to extrinsic circulating anticoagulants.
To aid in the distribution, education, and tracking of the COVID-19 vaccines to communities worldwide, Google has released the Intelligent Vaccine Impact solution developed by its cloud computing services division, Google Cloud.
The Refresh With YES: CPT Respiratory Anatomy & Scopes Learning Path teaches learners about the functions and anatomy of the respiratory system, as well as how to code various procedures performed on the respiratory system.
The AMA has released codes for the Janssen Pharmaceutica COVID-19 vaccine and vaccine administration (AMA, 2021). As this is a single-dose vaccine, only one administration code is necessary.