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Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood ag
This article is an excerpt from pressure-injuries-in-l
DECEMBER 15, 2017
LONG-TERM CARE DEPARTMENT
  Pressure Ulcers
JULY 15, 2015
JUSTCODING
A new blood test that predicts the onset of Alzheimer's disease and mild dementia could lead to m
MARCH 14, 2014
LONG-TERM CARE DEPARTMENT
The Joint Commission seeks public comment on a set of six draft patient blood management performa
MARCH 24, 2015
ACCREDITATION DEPARTMENT
JANUARY 21, 2015
JUSTCODING
The guidance that the response to M1311 (Current number of unhealed pressure ulcers at ea
JULY 23, 2014
JUSTCODING
1. a 2. c 3. b 4. a, b, c, e 5. blood supply (or blood flow)
JANUARY 28, 2015
JUSTCODING
If a patient has a Stage 4 pressure ulcer that remains a Stage 4 after surgical debrideme
Continue to code a pressure ulcer treated with a skin graft as a pressure ulcer that’s unst
Healthcare facilities spend considerable resources trying to prevent and treat pressure ulcers, b
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
PHYSICIAN PRACTICE DEPARTMENT
Codes for pressure ulcers in ICD-10-CM include more information than ICD-9-CM codes, but s
Nursing homes dramatically reduced pressure ulcer rates and restraint use in the last thre
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
JUSTCODING
APRIL 2, 2014
JUSTCODING
OCTOBER 8, 2014
JUSTCODING
You’ll soon have 71 new codes to capture varying severities of non-pressure chronic ulcers
In 2006, a blood transfusion error at one of Vidant Health's facilities led to a patient r
JUNE 11, 2014
INFECTION CONTROL, QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY DEPARTMENT
Hospitals are being fined unfairly when their patients develop blood clots, even when they can sh
AUGUST 4, 2015
ACCREDITATION DEPARTMENT
Pressure ulcers got some attention in the PPS final rule, specifically related to payment for neg
Q: In terms of coding blood transfusions, does the documentation of which intravenous (IV)
Nursing homes might be able to cut their pressure ulcer rates by giving nurses more control over
SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
LONG-TERM CARE DEPARTMENT
Q: We are having trouble determining how to assign a code for a pressure ulcer that begins
Though they can’t be seen, there are hun-dreds of tiny organisms living in blood and other
DECEMBER 3, 2014
JUSTCODING
Not all classifications remain the same in ICD-10-CM. Hemoptysis (coughing up blood or blo
Q:  Should a blood tranfusion received at an outpatient clinic be coded on the
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
JUSTCODING
Have you ever been pressured to report a code you knew to be inappropriate? I
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
JUSTCODING
Some pressure ulcer data was mistakenly excluded from recent CMS reports on quality measures for
  The latest Alzheimer's blood test is promising; as it appears to accurately
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
LONG-TERM CARE DEPARTMENT
Officials at the Utah hospital where a nurse was arrested in July for refusing to draw blood fro
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
ACCREDITATION DEPARTMENT
Starting Oct. 1, 2017, you’ll be able to capture the severity of non-pressure chronic ulcer
by Kirsten Dize Significant shifts in how to stage a pressure ulcer when scabbin
Q: A patient is admitted with a high white blood count, tachycardia, tachypnea, and chi
APRIL 23, 2014
JUSTCODING
Vascular dementia is caused by impaired blood flow to the brain, which damages the brain's
Angina occurs when the heart doesn't get enough blood due to narrow or blocked coronary arteries.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
JUSTCODING
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
JUSTCODING
MARCH 25, 2015
JUSTCODING
You may feel some extra pressure to get your annual flu shot this year thanks to a new federal la
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
CASE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
Many years ago I worked in a lab that often received dry ice in boxes with our blood product deli
AUGUST 11, 2016
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
CMS releases directions on the off-label/modified use of waived blood glucose monitorin
Have you ever been pressured to report a code you knew to be inappropriate? No
JULY 23, 2014
JUSTCODING
Have you ever been pressured to report a code you knew to be inappropriate? No
JULY 30, 2014
JUSTCODING
AUGUST 6, 2014
JUSTCODING
AUGUST 13, 2014
JUSTCODING
CMS deleted HCPCS code C1300 (hyperbaric oxygen [HBO] under pressure, full body chamber, p
Expect CMS to continue to put pressure on The Joint Commission (TJC) and other accrediting organi
OCTOBER 9, 2018
ACCREDITATION DEPARTMENT
APRIL 23, 2014
JUSTCODING
Physician practices are under increasing financial pressure, and Medicare accounts for a large po
Physician practices are under increasing financial pressure, and Medicare accounts for a large po
Physician practices are under increasing financial pressure, and Medicare accounts for a large po
DECEMBER 13, 2016
PHYSICIAN PRACTICE DEPARTMENT
Physician practices are under increasing financial pressure, and Medicare accounts for a large po
DECEMBER 27, 2016
PHYSICIAN PRACTICE DEPARTMENT
Physician practices are under increasing financial pressure, and Medicare accounts for a large po
Physician practices are under increasing financial pressure, and Medicare accounts for a large po
Coronary artery disease (CAD) develops when the arteries that supply the blood to the heart muscl
JUNE 25, 2014
JUSTCODING
Q: Can we report new CPT® codes 97607 (negative pressure wound therapy,
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
JUSTCODING
These Occupational Health and Safety Forms provide you with all of the updates for your OSHA Health and Safety Compliance Manual.
DECEMBER 17, 2008
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
JULY 29, 2015
JUSTCODING
Maryland hospitals are proving that under pressure, it is possible to get just about all h
JUNE 11, 2014
INFECTION CONTROL, QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY DEPARTMENT
Olympus Corp., recently under pressure about improperly disinfected GI scopes that may have trans
APRIL 23, 2015
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
MARCH 11, 2015
JUSTCODING
Alerting the general public to the problem of safe patient handling might put pressure on hospita
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
NURSING DEPARTMENT
Olympus Corp., recently under pressure about improperly disinfected GI scopes that may have trans
APRIL 28, 2015
INFECTION CONTROL, QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY DEPARTMENT
 A report from a hospital safety watchdog group says that despite growing pressure to reduce
JULY 23, 2015
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
Workplace safety and nurse surveillance capacity can boost quality ratings and lower pressure ulc
DECEMBER 8, 2016
NURSING DEPARTMENT
Physician practices are under increasing financial pressure, and Medicare accounts for a large po
Physician practices are under increasing financial pressure, and Medicare accounts for a l
Expect CMS to continue to put pressure on The Joint Commission (TJC) and other accrediting organi
DECEMBER 1, 2018
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
Expect CMS to continue to put pressure on The Joint Commission (TJC) and other accrediting organi
DECEMBER 1, 2018
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
DECEMBER 23, 2014
JUSTCODING
Physician practices are under increasing financial pressure, and Medicare accounts for a l
Physician practices are under increasing financial pressure, and Medicare accounts for a large po
AUGUST 26, 2015
JUSTCODING
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
JUSTCODING
Directions on the off-label/modified use of waived blood glucose monitoring systems (BG
MAY 13, 2015
JUSTCODING
JULY 9, 2014
JUSTCODING
Directions on the off-label/modified use of waived blood glucose monitoring systems (BG
The benefits of mobility among hospitalized patients are well-known: decreased pressure ulcers,
Coronary artery disease (CAD) develops when the arteries that supply the blood to the heart muscl
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
JUSTCODING
MARCH 26, 2014
JUSTCODING
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
JUSTCODING
MARCH 11, 2015
JUSTCODING
AUGUST 27, 2014
JUSTCODING
OCTOBER 21, 2015
JUSTCODING
BY A.J. PLUNKETT (APLUNKETT@H3.GROUP) Expect CMS to continue pressuring
DECEMBER 1, 2018
ACCREDITATION DEPARTMENT
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