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	HIM CONNECTION		MORE
	Topic: New ICD-9 codes available on National Center for Healthcare Statistics Web site
	Ask the expert: Has CMS updated the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) to recognize hospitals that are exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting?
	Tip of the week: Perform a thorough systems inventory when drafting a disaster recovery plan

	APCS WEEKLY MONITOR		MORE
	Q&A: Report code C1776 for complete joint replacement device as well as individual device components
	Tip of the week: Use modifier -59 when using multiple sites for separately identifiable services
	Pay per view: Implement the new ESA transmittals in your hospital

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	Ombudsman Program
	ACS is only ACS when it’s caused by a change in the coronaries
	Secondary diabetes category makes its debut in the ICD-9 coding world

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	Training tool: Medicare Secondary Payer competency test
	Form: Patient verification information
	Welcome your registrars with a letter

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	APC?Answer Letter, July 2008
	APC Answer Letter, June 2008
	APC Answer Letter, May 2008

	Government Documents
	Medicare Program; Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System; Payment Reform
	CMS-1909-F Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Religious Nonmedical Health Care Inst
	Chest Pain Checklist
	Chest Pain Observation Assessments
	AB-03-102 Clarification Regarding Coverage of Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) Therapy fo
	Revenue codes 0274 and 0290 removed from OPPS
	A-03-035 Reporting of Revenue Codes Under the Outpatient Prospective Payment Sys
	A-03-019 Reactivation of Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Outpatient
	A-03-011 Changes in Payment for Certain Services Provided by Outpatient Physic
	AB-03-073 Provider Education Article: Financial Limitation of Claims for Outpati

APCs News

Tip of the week: Use modifier -59 when using multiple sites for separately identifiable services

Trivia of the week

Pay per view: Implement the new ESA transmittals in your hospital

Q&A: Report code C1776 for complete joint replacement device as well as individual device components

Coder vs. biller: Does this match have a referee?

Secondary diabetes category makes its debut in the ICD-9 coding world

Causes of secondary diabetes

Recovery Audit Contractors Whitepaper

ACS is only ACS when it’s caused by a change in the coronaries

Training tool: Medicare Secondary Payer competency test

Form: Patient verification information

APC?Answer Letter, July 2008

Coder vs. biller: Does this match have a referee?

Q&A: Experts tackle billing for implantable devices

Report modifier -JW for discarded amounts of single-use drugs and biologicals: CAP participants excluded

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