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The
Practical Monthly Advisor for Accurate Long-Term Care
Coding and Optimal Ethical Reimbursement
(12 Issues)
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CMS
regularly issues hundreds of new codes and updates
for long-term care. Getting proper documentation
from doctors for residents is a constant challenge.
The staff at every SNF has to figure out the
MDS, the UB-92 and the CMS 1500. It's difficult
to keep up.
Eli's
SNF ICD-9 Alert is the tool for SNF Medical
Records Directors, MDS Coordinators, and DONs
to keep their facilities ahead of the curve
of diagnosis coding. It's the secret to mastering
the long-term care coding challenges you face
every day.
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SNF
ICD-9 Alert is dedicated to providing its readers
with the hands-on, how-to information necessary
for compliant diagnosis coding and maximum legal
reimbursement It will help you turn dilemmas into
opportunities and make your coding precise, accurate
and denial-proof. The analysis each issue includes
is trustworthy and beneficial and is backed by the
long-term care coding expertise of Lynda Dilts-Benson,
RN, CCM, CRRN, CRNAC, LHRM, HCS-D, who reviews every
article before it goes to press.
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7
wound care supply coding secrets from the pros.
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How
to get paid what you deserve for residents with
MS(340).
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Audit-proof
your coding for evaluation and management of
COPD patients with this 4-step plan.
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Hidden
trap in FI policies on respiratory therapy that
will torpedo your RUG rate. Know these 24 codes
that can help you avert the danger.
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Trauma
coding intelligence that will keep your revenue
up - and your RTPs down.
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How
to code when the admitting diagnosis and the
primary diagnosis are not the same.
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5
field-tested tips for putting the demand bill
puzzle together the Medicare way.
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Danger
sign your software is coding patients incorrectly
on re-admission.
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How
to tell which 715 code to use for osteoarthritis.
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Why
secondary diagnosis codes can be primary to
your RUG rate.
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Common
sense method to tell when you need to use more
than one 250 code.
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Coding
the service vs. coding the underlying condition:
7 tips guaranteed to help you make the right
choice every time.
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4th
and 5th digit coding lessons that will keep
your facility out of trouble for "code-jamming."
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5
alternative sources of diagnosis info when you
can't get an answer from the attending physician.
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