Education:
Know Your Facts: Coding Resources
Published on Sun Oct 05, 2003
To find out all you can about critical V codes, check out these online resources:
: A new report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on diagnosis coding examples, posted Sept. 30.
: A CMS summary of the V code-related OASIS data changes that took effect Oct. 1.
: Coding guidelines from CMS' Nov. 22, 2002 satellite broadcast on OASIS changes (see pdf of Eli's HCW, Vol. XI, No. 43, p. 346).
: Attachment D to Chapter 8 of the OASIS Implementation Manual explains coding principles, including V codes, for M0230/M0240 and M0245.
: Fifty-two pages of the official guidelines for ICD-9 coding and reporting on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site.
: More general coding information on the CDC site.
: For more information on V and E coding, see Eli's OASIS Alert.
or call 1-800-508-2582 to purchase coding consultant Prinny Rose Abraham's coding teleconference sponsored by Eli, which reviewed FY2004 coding changes, V and E codes and other coding strategies.
or call 1-800-508-2582 to sign up for Abraham's newest coding conference sponsored by Eli, scheduled for Nov. 20.