e4health Industry News and Insights
Please see this important message from our e4health CEO Matthew Zubiller about how e4health is responding to the recent Change Healthcare cyberattack. In light of the recent Change Healthcare cyberattack, we recognize the extraordinary challenges many are facing. We...
New Codes for Sickle Cell Disease with Dactylitis (Valid for October 1, 2023 discharges)• D57.04 Hb-SS disease with dactylitis• D57.214 Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with dactylitis• D57.414 Sickle-cell thalassemia, unspecified, with dactylitis• D57.434 Sickle-cell...
David was nominated multiple times for our WEGROW awards. Here's what his Teammates had to say: Nominated For Our People Make The Difference "David is a fount of coding knowledge, dare I say a savant, and he is willing to share what he knows to help out teammates. His...
Complication Comorbidity UpdateSocial Determinants of Health (SDOH) codes Z59.00, Homelessness unspecified, Z59.01, Sheltered homelessness and Z59.02, Unsheltered homelessness will be considered CC’s (complication/comorbidity) beginning with October 1, 2023...
Pathological FracturesDefinition: A bone fracture that occurs without adequate trauma, caused by an underlying disease.Diagnostic CriteriaIdentified in Radiology/Diagnostic Imaging such as X-Ray, CT, MRI, or bone scans. There are various underlying causes for...
New Code for Resistant Hypertension (Valid for October 1, 2023 discharges)I1A.0 Resistant hypertension May be documented as: Apparent treatment resistant hypertension, Treatment resistant hypertension, True resistant hypertension. The ICD-10-CM Tabular instruction...
Hypertensive CrisisDefinition: HTN: Systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 130mm Hg or more and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of more than 80mm Hg HTN Crisis: Generic term to describe hypertensive urgency or hypertensive emergency, typically seen with elevated blood...
When a 125-bed acute care medical center located in the heart of Eastern Long Island, New York, needed assistance taking their Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Department to the next level, they turned to e4health.
Making A DifferenceFor this year's annual e4health Holiday Drive, e4health partnered with the Foster Families Assistance Network to provide gifts for children in need. Last year's successful initiative to buy gifts for 50 children through the Salvation Army started a...
Medicare Advantage is on the brink of a significant restructuring as it transitions from V24 to V28 of the hierarchical condition categories (HCCs) risk adjustment model. In a recent Journal of AHIMA article, I partnered with Jeanie Heck, BBA, CCS, Education...
Respiratory FailureDefinition: Syndrome where the respiratory systems fail in either or both the gas exchange function or oxygenation and carbon dioxide elimination. Recognized as either hypoxemic or hypercapnic.Coding Considerations:Review the circumstances of...
What is a WEGROW Award? Great question! Each year, we honor and reward our Team members who reflect and embrace two important qualities we recognize jointly: High performance and accomplishment in supporting our customers and Team Consistent representation of our...