Talk Ten Tuesdays

Nov 19 2024 334 ep. 28 mins 57
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Get the most up-to-minute news and information on ICD-10. Join Chuck Buck and Erica Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS, every Tuesday as they welcome ICD10monitor contributing editors and special guests to monitor and report on the progress that all healthcare stakeholders are experiencing in their respective implementations of ICD-10. Register to attend live here: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1236510&tp_key=da0e4c0f76

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Talk Ten Tuesdays Tech Report: Automating Physician Queries

Nov 19 2024 28 mins  
He was enthralling as he explained his revolutionary technology that empowers healthcare professionals to make crucial decisions in real time that improve patient care. Dr. Gerasimos Petratos, founder and CEO for HITEKS, had successfully automated the tenuous physician query process.In our continuing series of technical reporting, “Healthcare Technology,” the producers of ICD10

Analyzing America’s Collective Mental Health, Post-Election

Nov 12 2024 31 mins  
In the wake of last Tuesday’s Presidential Election, the producers of ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays have invited world-renowned psychiatrist H. Steven Moffic, MD to analyze America’s collective psyche.As in all election outcomes, there were losers and winners. Yet how we, as Americans, manifest these feelings will be the essence of the next live edition of the popular and

The IV Drought: A Survival Guide for Healthcare Heroes

Nov 05 2024 27 mins  
Feeling parched?Well, you’re not alone. Hospitals across the country are dealing with a saline shortage.Thanks to Hurricane Helene’s unwelcome visit to the Baxter International facility in North Carolina, your IV bags may be running low. Imagine a busy highway suddenly reduced to a single lane: that’s what this IV shortage feels like for impacted healthcare providers.During t

Don’t Code for Panic: Understanding the New Medicare Appeal Process

Oct 29 2024 29 mins  
The panic was widespread. Rumors were flying. Cellphone alarms were sounding.From large hospital conference rooms to upholstered cubicles, everyone seemed to have the same sense of disbelief and mounting frustration: Acentra Health (previously Kepro) had announced a new appeal process for Medicare patients – specifically, those whose status changed from inpatient to observation.A

Rules of Engagement: Learning to Code Better, Faster, and More Accurately

Oct 22 2024 31 mins  
The Rules of Engagement for medical coding and clinical documentation integrity (CDI) are based on four authoritative sources: the ICD-10-CM/PCS Official Coding Guidelines, the American Hospital Association (AHA) Coding Clinic Advice, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Standards of Ethical Coding, and practice briefs. These are, in the words of senior he

Q4 Coding Clinic: The Autopsy Report

Oct 15 2024 31 mins  
The American Hospital Association’s (AHA’s) Coding Clinic edition for the fourth quarter of 2024 has been published, and it includes several key changes of which providers nationwide should take heed.And that is why the producers of ICD10monitor have invited renowned subject matter expert Dr. James S. Kennedy to delve into the details and provide you with cautionary insights.Al

Health and Longevity

Oct 08 2024 30 mins  
Health and longevity are within reach for everyone, no matter from where you’re starting. And it’s never too late to begin.During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Dr. Nick van Terheyden will cover some key areas upon which to focus so you can start bringing about improvements in your life by making small, consistent changes that are expected to lead to lasting improv

Eleven Key Takeaways from the 2025 ICD-10 Code Updates

Oct 01 2024 28 mins  
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) code updates for the 2025 fiscal year (FY).The FY 2025 ICD-10-CM updates introduce more than 300 code changes, including 252 new codes, 13 deletions, and 36 revisions, reflecting ongoing advancements in clinical document

Sleep Deprivation: Study Reveals Serious Health Implications

Sep 26 2024 29 mins  
Sleep is essential for all living organisms, from jellyfish to humans, and even bacteria have phases that resemble rest. Experiments show that severe sleep deprivation is lethal, as seen in rats, fruit flies, and Randy Gardner's 1964 11-day sleepless experiment. But what does it mean for you?Join Dr Nick as he explores a natural experiment in sleep deprivation that resulted in slas

Dissecting the Holy Grail of Medical Record Coding

Sep 17 2024 31 mins  
Elusive and seemingly unattainable, the crux of medical record coding essentially can be distilled into these apparently irreconcilable elements—accuracy, speed and knowledge.Overlay on this current situation the incessant need to be aware of constant updates, inevitable staffing changes, the apparent searching for some 74,000 codes and the ensuing financial impact your organizat