Coffee with the Coder (TM)

Welcome to Coffee with the Coder(TM), our conversation with Paula Digby and her team to address issues, observations and questions for Health Information Management professionals. You are invited to listen in for ten minutes every other Monday and to submit your favorite questions or comments for Coffee with the Coder(TM) In this episode Paula Digby speaks on the variance between IRF-PAI codes and UB-04 codes, appropriate selection of diagnoses for the IRF-PAI and UB, and guidelines regarding the reporting of diagnoses in the hospital setting. (Recording date Feb 13 2017)

Welcome to Coffee with the Coder(TM), our conversation with Paula Digby and her team to address issues, observations and questions for Health Information Management professionals and others who interact with the revenue cycle. You are invited to listen in for ten minutes every other Monday and to submit your favorite questions or comments for Coffee with the Coder(TM). In this episode Paula Digby speaks on consultations, E&M documentation for Review of Systems, E&M levels, CHF "stage 1", and billing for cultures. (Recording date January 30, 2017)

Welcome to Coffee with the Coder(TM), our conversation with Paula Digby and her team to address issues, observations and questions for Health Information Management professionals. You are invited to listen in for ten minutes every other Monday and to submit your favorite questions or comments for Coffee with the Coder(TM). In this episode Paula Digby addresses a variance between the pre-certification code obtained by the physician’s office and the billed code used by the facility and a question about conscious sedation provided by a facility nurse. (Recording date January 16, 2017)

Coffee with the Coder(TM) is our conversation with Paula Digby and her team to address observations, issues and questions for Health Information Management professionals and others who interact with the revenue cycle. In this episode Paula Digby addresses using the 7th Character and Z43 in the IRF, and a question regarding physician orders for Home Health. (Recording date January 2, 2017)

Coffee with the Coder(TM) is our conversation with Paula Digby and her team to address observations, issues and questions for Health Information Management professionals and others who interact with the revenue cycle. In this first episode Paula Digby addresses Inpatient Rehabilitation (IRF) challenges and the MOON notification, which hospitals are required to begin using by March 8, 2017. (Recording date December 19, 2016)