As we move toward the October 2015 compliance deadline for ICD-10, the Journal of AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association) has tackled three misconceptions about the new coding system. ICD-9…
Question: Our anesthesiologists sometimes mark our C-section tickets as “combined spinal epidural,” but our billing system will only allow us to choose epidural or spinal. Where can I find information about spinal epidurals and how to correctly code them? Answer: From a coding perspective, whether your physician used spinal or epidural anesthesia doesn’t matter as long [...] Related articles: