by Christine Woolstenhulme, QMC QCC CMCS CPC CMRS
May 3rd, 2016
Find-A-Code has ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines!
The use of Guidelines is required under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and have been adopted for all healthcare settings. Guidelines are a set of rules developed to accompany and complement the official conventions and instructions provided within the code.
Find-A-Code understands how important the Official Guidelines are. It mandatory is to understand as well as to use complete and accurate documentation, code assignment, and reporting of diagnoses and procedures. In our effort to support healthcare providers, payers and coders we have made it convenient to access current ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines either the complete set or also available on the particular code you are viewing on the code information page.
Be sure to review your current processes with the coding and reporting guidelines to ensure correct coding and billing.
In addition we have many other manuals and guides along with articles and tips such as:
- CPT Assist
- Decision Health
- CMS Manuals - NCCI Edits Manual – PUB-100
- Medicare Provider Compliance Newsletters, Medicare Fact Sheets
- LCD’s NCD’s
- PUB-100, E&M Guides (Green Pages)
TIP: These are all searchable, select the magnifying glass in the code search box, and check the box next to your desires search option (on the left side of your search box) for more accurate results
About Christine Woolstenhulme, QMC QCC CMCS CPC CMRS
Christine Woolstenhulme, CPC, QCC, CMCS, CMRS, is a Certified coder and Medical Biller currently employed with Find-A-Code. Bringing over 30 years of insight, business knowledge, and innovation to the healthcare industry. Establishing a successful Medical Billing Company from 1994 to 2015, during this time, Christine has had the opportunity to learn all aspects of revenue cycle management while working with independent practitioners and in clinic settings. Christine was a VAR for AltaPoint EHR software sales, along with management positions and medical practice consulting. Understanding the complete patient engagement cycle and developing efficient processes to coordinate teams ensuring best practice standards in healthcare. Working with payers on coding and interpreting ACA policies according to state benchmarks and insurance filings and implementing company procedures and policies to coordinate teams and payer benefits.