By combining traditional medical data with self-reported SDOH data, the codes trigger referrals to social and government services to address people's unique needs.

Medical coding is a key component of revenue cycle management. When done efficiently and accurately, it helps ensure hospitals are properly reimbursed for the services they provide. Here are 15 things to know about medical coding:

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 15 percent of United States adults, or 37 million people, according to a recent statement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The following are some basic facts about CKD; specifically, it is:

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has announced a collaboration with the American Health Care Association (AHCA) to provide in-depth coding and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) training programs.

AI tools include anomaly detection, predictive analysis, and social network analysis. Medicare fraud is a serious issue and an expensive one. “Improper payments” amount to more than $52 billion per year.

We were discussing opioid dependence in my CDI education session last week and it spurred me to write this article. Each week we review a topic often elicited by a real-life case. Opioid misuse and addiction is a public health crisis...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving quickly on its strategies for outpatient office evaluation and management (E&M) services, targeted for implementation in 2021, and the American Medical Association (AMA) is working hard to try and keep up.