The release of the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (OCG) has resulted in confusion and apprehension surrounding the intent of the new guideline related to the new ICD-10-CM codes for pressure-induced deep-tissue damage or deep-tissue pressure injury (L89.-6).
The ambiguity stems from what appears to be conflicting advice found within the coding guidelines (I.C.12.a) regarding pressure ulcer stage codes, as you’ll learn when Lisa Baris, Director of Health Information Management (HIM) and Healthcare Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) for Nuance Communications reports our lead story during this edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays.
The podcast will also feature these other segments:
The release of the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (OCG) has resulted in confusion and apprehension surrounding the intent of the new guideline related to the new ICD-10-CM codes for pressure-induced deep-tissue damage or deep-tissue pressure injury (L89.-6).
The ambiguity stems from what appears to be conflicting advice found within the coding guidelines (I.C.12.a) regarding pressure ulcer stage codes, as you’ll learn when Lisa Baris, Director of Health Information Management (HIM) and Healthcare Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) for Nuance Communications reports our lead story during this edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays.
The podcast will also feature these other segments: