Many hospitals are receiving recovery audit contractor (RAC) denials based on physicians' documentation of major complications and/or co-morbidities (MCCs) and complications and/or co-morbidities (CCs ...
More than one year after the ICD-10 go-live on Oct. 1, 2015, CMS has ended the ICD-10 claims auditing and quality reporting leniency period. Guidelines now require providers to code to reflect ...
Despite the recent news of a delay in the implantation date, ICD-10 remains a priority for healthcare, and those hospital executives who aren’t concerned about clinical coder productivity declines may ...