In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, the digitization of patient records has become more than just a technological advancement – it’s a necessity for ensuring efficient, accurate, and secure healthcare delivery. The Imperative for...
Malnutrition Malnutrition: Deficiencies, excesses, imbalances, in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients. The term malnutrition covers 2 broad groups of conditions: 1) ‘Undernutrition’—which includes stunting (low height for age), wasting (low weight for...
April 2024 ICD-10-PCS Coding Updates Updates include 41 new ICD-10-PCS procedure codes. Examples include: New Device for Palladium-103 Radioactive Implant in the brain: Palladium-103 GammaTiles® is used for brain tumors. New Qualifier for Irreversible Electroporation...
New code for Resistant Hypertension Valid for October 1, 2023 discharges Code and Definition: I1A.0 Resistant hypertension May be documented as: Apparent treatment resistant hypertension, Treatment resistant hypertension, True resistant hypertension. The...
New codes for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Valid for October 1, 2023 discharges Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction: Otherwise known as microvascular angina or Cardiac syndrome X. Symptoms Include: Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction/Disease (CMD), otherwise...