T&T Archive - Cancer & Associated Conditions / Hypertension / Status, Hx And SDoH

Home Health Coding Center Tips and Tricks

1. StatusHxSDoH
2. Hypertension
   
3. Cancer & Associated Conditions

Status, History & Social Determinants

When seeking to document a patient’s “status” in the coding record, sometimes you’ll need to query a different term(s) in the Alpha Index in order to find the appropriate code. When do you search for status vs. presence vs. absence? The ICD-10-CM code set includes 10 categories of personal and family history codes, but when should those diagnoses be used in home health? FY2022 saw new codes added to the Social Determinants section of ICD-10-CM – when should these be included in home health claims? Walk through some common situations when these questions arise and learn how to use the Coding Center to find and assign these codes correctly. – Recorded April 25, 2022

Hypertension

Hypertension, common in the home health population, can result from – and obviously impact – a variety of conditions. While the ICD-10-CM Alpha Index lists “accelerated”, “benign”, “essential”, “idiopathic”, “malignant” and “systemic” as non-essential modifiers, there is more to hypertension coding than just slapping I10 on the patient’s diagnosis list. For example, there are dozens of codes to choose from depending on the etiology and other conditions your patient is dealing “with”. See how to look up these diagnoses on the Coding Center and where to find key sequencing instructions on the detail pages. – Recorded March 29, 2022

Cancer & Associated Conditions

When coding cancer, the proper process is key. When and how do you use the Alpha Index to find the neoplasm code? When is it then appropriate to turn to the Neoplasm Table? To then finish building out the proper code, answers to the following are key: (1) Is the cancer active or does the patient have a history? (2) If active, is it primary or secondary? malignant or benign? (3) How specific does our documentation allow us to be in identifying the site? Discover how to implement the proper process using the Coding Center so you pinpoint the correct cancer diagnosis code each time. Plus, learn the fastest ways to look up and assign the codes for conditions caused by neoplastic disease. – Recorded February 24, 2022