Author Articles
-

Crouse Hospital: Communication Central
Vol. 18 • Issue 22 • Page 12 Our 2008 HIM Team of the Year contest brought another…
-

Keeping a Close Eye on Coding Productivity
Vol. 18 •Issue 21 • Page 28Keeping a Close Eye on Coding Productivity Facilities are using a wide…
-

Be Ready for New Procedure Codes
Posted on Oct. 20, 2008There were 60 new ICD-9-CM procedure codes released this year, effective with discharges on…
-

A New Era for Oximetry and OSA
Using pulse oximetry for obstructive sleep apnea screening has been debated and evaluated for years. As the industry…
-

Revisions Address New ICD-9 Codes, Part 2
This month’s CCS Prep! column focuses on additional revisions to the ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting,…
-

Real-life Trauma: Inside the Registry
Vol. 18 •Issue 19 • Page 32Real-life Trauma: Inside the Registry Take a peek into the fast-paced world…
-

Pharmacology Crossword
Across 1. Sympathetic Branch (Three Words) 3. Used to Calculate the Estimated Safe Dosage for a Child (Two…
-

Avoiding Code Blue
Vol. 21 •Issue 19 • Page 23 Avoiding Code Blue What Asthma Patients Need to Know About Emergency…
-

Revisions Address New ICD-9-CM Codes, Part 1
This month’s CCS Prep! column focuses on some of the revisions to the ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding…
-

Keeping Control
Vol. 18 •Issue 17 • Page 16Keeping Control Finding your balance in a hybrid record environment can be…
-

Informatics and the Cancer Registry
Vol. 18 •Issue 17 • Page 13Registry Perspectives Informatics and the Cancer Registry Registrars report positive experiences with…
-

Making the Data Meaningful
Vol. 18 •Issue 15 • Page 14Making the Data Meaningful Cancer registrars can make their data meaningful to…