Coding for lumbar spinal fusion procedures in ASCs or outpatient centers is much different than coding for spinal fusion in the inpatient setting, according to the American Academy of Professional ...

Inpatient encounters for Medicare patients 65 years and older are associated with higher coding intensity compared with commercially insured, Medicaid, or self-pay hospitalizations for those same ...

9. Deciding the right level inpatient code remains unclear. The old and new coding systems do not appear to have the same criteria for each levels of the initial hospital visit. CMS’ guidance does not ...

Ambience Healthcare rolled out an ICD-10 clinical document integrity assistant for inpatient care, aiming to help hospitalists document more accurate clinical notes and reduce billing and coding ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nym, a leader in autonomous medical coding, today announced that it has added new capabilities to its revenue cycle management (RCM) solution, enabling hospitals and health ...

MURRAY, Utah, Oct. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- R1 (“R1” or the “Company”), an industry leader in managing and intelligently automating healthcare revenue management, today announced that it has ...

CINCINNATI, Ohio, and St. Paul, Minn., (May 20, 2025) – Ensemble, an industry leading revenue cycle management company, announced a strategic partnership today with Solventum, a market leader and ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

When is the last time your hospital, health system or organization looked at codes and clinical documentation to ensure everything was compliant with law and best practices? If revenue cycle teams are ...

ICD-9 codes 433.X1, 434, and V12.54 demonstrated high PPVs for identifying confirmed cerebral events across care settings. Codes recorded in both inpatient and outpatient settings had higher PPVs but ...