Talk Ten Tuesdays
Get the most up-to-minute news and information on ICD-10. Join Chuck Buck and Erica Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS, every Tuesday as they welcome ICD10monitor contributing editors and special guests to monitor and report on the progress that all healthcare stakeholders are experiencing in their respective implementations of ICD-10. Register to attend live here: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1236510&tp_key=da0e4c0f76
Episodes
331 episodes
Don’t Code for Panic: Understanding the New Medicare Appeal Process
The panic was widespread. Rumors were flying. Cellphone alarms were sounding.From large hospital conference rooms to upholstered cubicles, everyone seemed to have the same sense of disbelief and mounting frustration: Acentra Health (prev...
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Season 13
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Episode 620
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29:06
Rules of Engagement: Learning to Code Better, Faster, and More Accurately
The Rules of Engagement for medical coding and clinical documentation integrity (CDI) are based on four authoritative sources: the ICD-10-CM/PCS Official Coding Guidelines, the American Hospital Association (AHA) Coding Clinic Advice, the Ameri...
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Season 13
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Episode 619
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31:00
Q4 Coding Clinic: The Autopsy Report
The American Hospital Association’s (AHA’s) Coding Clinic edition for the fourth quarter of 2024 has been published, and it includes several key changes of which providers nationwide should take heed.And that is why the producers of ICD1...
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Season 13
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Episode 618
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31:16
Health and Longevity
Health and longevity are within reach for everyone, no matter from where you’re starting. And it’s never too late to begin.During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Dr. Nick van Terheyden will cover some key areas upon which to ...
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Season 13
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Episode 617
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30:00
Eleven Key Takeaways from the 2025 ICD-10 Code Updates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) code updates for the 2025 fiscal year (FY).The FY 2025 ICD-10-CM updates ...
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Season 13
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Episode 616
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28:58
Sleep Deprivation: Study Reveals Serious Health Implications
Sleep is essential for all living organisms, from jellyfish to humans, and even bacteria have phases that resemble rest. Experiments show that severe sleep deprivation is lethal, as seen in rats, fruit flies, and Randy Gardner's 1964 11-day sle...
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Season 13
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Episode 615
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29:51
Dissecting the Holy Grail of Medical Record Coding
Elusive and seemingly unattainable, the crux of medical record coding essentially can be distilled into these apparently irreconcilable elements—accuracy, speed and knowledge.Overlay on this current situation the incessant need to be awa...
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Season 13
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Episode 614
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31:14
WARNING: The Healthcare Bermuda Triangle
Ships and airplanes apparently vanish into thin air. Mystery abounds. It’s the legendary Bermuda Triangle. But wait! Might there also be a healthcare Bermuda Triangle?Internationally renowned psychiatrist Dr. H. Steven Moffic will make t...
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Season 13
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Episode 613
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29:01
Making the Case for Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Coding and CDI Costs
As senior healthcare leaders and stakeholders continue to look for ways to reduce coding and clinical documentation integrity (CDI) resource expenditures, making the business case for new technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) has neve...
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Season 13
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Episode 612
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30:07
The Patient Safety Structural Measure: A New Initiative Designed to Reduce Medical Errors
Recognizing that preventable medical errors, infections, and injuries are estimated to account for the deaths of 250,000 people annually, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded public reporting by hospitals on rates...
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Season 13
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Episode 611
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29:19
2025 OPPS Proposed Rule: Important Changes Coming to the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Proposed Rule includes proposed policies that align with several key goals for the agency, one of which is promoting safe, effective, patient-ce...
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Season 13
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Episode 610
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29:28
Is AI a Game-Changer for Coding and CDI?
News reports, essays, and technical papers continue to laud the efficacy of generative article intelligence (AI) in healthcare. But what about AI and its application to the revenue cycle?Cassi Birnbaum, formerly the administrative direct...
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Season 13
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Episode 609
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32:13
National Coding Roundup: Preparing for the New FY2025 IPPS Final Rule
The summer is here, and it’s raining codes.There are ICD-10 codes, CPT® codes, and the Z codes.Plus, coming up is the 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule, which is expected to contain some new codes and del...
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Season 13
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Episode 608
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31:14
Scorching Reality: The Health Impacts of Excess Heat and Climate Change
As global temperatures soar and heatwaves become more frequent, the connection between climate change and rising heat is undeniable. The results are not limited to uncontrolled wildfires but extend to widespread health consequences of excess he...
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Season 13
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Episode 607
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30:36
2025 OPPS Proposed Rule: Significant Changes Impacting Medicare Payments Revealed
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Proposed Rule for the 2025 calendar year (CY).This published information outlines significant changes impacting Medicare...
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Season 13
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Episode 606
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31:14
In Deference to HIM: Chevron Explained
What is “Chevron deference?”And why is it important – especially to health information management (HIM) professionals?And who among the most learned and wise HIM professionals is arguably best qualified to report on this otherwise arcan...
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Season 13
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Episode 605
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35:04
Hello, CMS: Are You Listening? Add-on Code G2211
Where in the world is G2211?Both payers and providers still report lack of information from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) about use of this code. If you remember, CMS promised stakeholders an FAQ document back in Ja...
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Season 13
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Episode 604
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30:07
Why MedPac Chapter 12 is Fast Gaining Attention
Each year the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, MedPAC, provides Congress a report on the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) payment systems, the Medicare Advantage (MA) program, and the Medicare prescription drug program (Medicare Part D). Wit...
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Season 13
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Episode 603
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29:49
Mental Health Coping Strategies for Brutal Summer Heat
With summertime fast approaching, also on the horizon are the inevitable stressors leading to increased psychiatric diagnoses and possible surges in psychopathologies.As temperatures increase, so do incidents of mental health unrest – te...
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Season 13
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Episode 602
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30:47
Food for Thought: Food as Medicine
He once explained to us the value of sleep, and gave tips on how to get more of the once-devalued therapy.That was then. This is now.And during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Dr. Nick van Terheyden will turn his atten...
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Season 13
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Episode 601
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28:06
National Coding News Roundup
Welcome to the 600th live edition of the long-running Talk Ten Tuesdays broadcast, produced by ICD10monitor.In commemorating this special edition, the producers are pleased to welcome the legendary Rose T. Dunn, chief operating officer a...
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Season 13
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Episode 600
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29:32
Mental Health Report: Coping with Psychopathologies
In recognition of May’s National Mental Health Awareness Month, ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays have invited world-renowned psychiatrist and award-winning author H. Steven Moffic, MD to update his theory of social psychopathologies for the n...
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Season 13
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Episode 599
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29:03
Modifier 25: Where, When, and How to Use It Correctly
As if buried in shifting sands like a booby trap, Modifier 25 is poised to wreak havoc on claims when it’s appended incorrectly to an evaluation and management (E&M) charge – typically to indicate a separate service on the same date of serv...
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Season 13
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Episode 598
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31:06
Is There a Code for Greed?
The ongoing consolidation of independent physician practices, in many cases resulting in ownership by private equity groups and large health systems, is causing a shift from traditional medicine to the corporate practice of medicine. The result...
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Season 13
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Episode 597
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29:28
Out with the Old, In with the New: Patient Access Systems
There’s a renewed sense of urgency. Today’s healthcare providers must modernize their approach to patient access and financial clearance operations, according to Matt Bridge, senior vice president of AGS Health and the special guest during the ...
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Season 13
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Episode 596
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31:58