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If you work in release of information (ROI) or in the management of medical records, AHIMA would like to hear from you!
AHIMA is surveying members to inform our advocacy efforts before the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). Specifically, we are collecting data so that AHIMA can provide recommendations to ONC related to the types of information that are being requested of health information professionals. AHIMA's recommendations will be critical as development and implementation of the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) moves forward.
This brief survey should take no more than five minutes! Your input is greatly appreciated!
The survey can be found here.
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Would you like to make a difference in KHIMA? If so, there are many volunteer opportunities available. You can click here to view the volunteer positions within KHIMA and learn more about the responsibilities.
We appreciate our volunteers and KHIMA would not exist without those who share their time, knowledge and expertise.
Click here to submit your information to be considered for a volunteer position.
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ICD-10 Coding and Documentation Considerations for “History of” Conditions
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Coders are often stumped on whether a historical medical condition is still present vs. totally cured. Whether a current ICD-10-CM code is assigned vs. a historical code affects reimbursement as well as patient liability, so coders strive to get it right.
This Q&A session gives insights on considerations for assigning codes for historical conditions. It also provides tips on problem solving through these coding dilemmas as well as providing guidance on when to query.
Learning Objectives:
The attendee will be able to:
- Establish an internal coding decision process
- Apply coding guidelines for
- Z-codes Personal History of
- Chronic conditions
- Long-term treatment
- Positive test results
- Observation vs. History of vs. Screening vs. Follow up vs. Surveillance
- Screening vs. Diagnostic colonoscopies
- Genetic mutations
- Kidney transplant status and End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
- Determine when to query
Date:
June 24, 2021
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
* This event will also be recorded and available on demand.
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Access, AHIMA's new social media platform, is open. Fresh content is posted daily by health information professionals and AHIMA team members. Don’t forget to use your CSA community to engage with your CSA members regularly. Log into Access and reference this email for login instructions. Click here to view a short video on how to use Access.
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Dear Colleagues,
Support our organization while you earn CEUs! We continue to partner with the Haugen Consulting Group to provide coding webinar opportunities. A portion of each webinar registration goes directly back to our organization when you select that you are a KHIMA member at checkout.
See below for more details.
Group and individual rates are available. Find more information here!
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Haugen Consulting Group Educational Webinars
Support KHIMA while earning CEUs! Each Haugen Academy registration gives a $5 credit back to our organization.
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KHIMA Legal Reference Manual
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The KHIMA Legal Reference Manual has recently been updated. Chapters in the manual include consents, subpoenas, release of information, behavioral health records, the medical record (including the legal EHR), required reporting, and more! Click here to learn more about the recent changes.
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Take the AHIMA Naming Policy Pledge!
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Health Information Professionals understand how lack of accurate patient identification can affect clinical decision making, treatment, patient outcomes, patient privacy, and result in duplicative testing and increased costs.
Lack of a standard demographic data set can also lead to patient records not being linked to one another, resulting in health information being unavailable at the time the provider is treating the patient.
Patient record mismatches and duplication also have a disproportionate impact on underserved communities. According to OCHIN and the  patient population they serve, duplicate records for underserved communities are double and tripled compared to the population percentage. For example, Black patients make up 13 percent of OCHIN’s patient population but 21 percent have duplicate records. Hispanic/Latino patients make up 21 percent of the population and 35 percent have duplicate records.
Collecting patient demographics is the starting point of trusted, reliable data during the patient’s health journey. However, institutional policies around the collection of patient demographics vary. This results in an environment where data is collected and entered in a variety of ways, which can jeopardize patient safety, limit data sharing and interoperability, delay claims, and diminish data quality.
A critical component to accurately identifying patients through patient demographics is the use of a naming policy. A naming policy provides the structure for data entry and collection in the master patient index (MPI) and enterprise master patient index (EMPI).
As professionals committed to excellence in the management of health information for the benefit of patients and providers, we have a responsibility to ensure that health data is accurate, complete, and available to patients and clinicians.
If you have not already done so, we are asking you today to take AHIMA’s Naming Policy Pledge!
By taking the pledge, you agree to support, encourage, and educate your fellow health information professionals about the importance of adopting and implementing the naming policy.
Click here to read about the AHIMA's Patient Identification and Matching Naming Policy Pledge
Click here to hear more information on this topic. (You will be required to log into your AHIMA account.)
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Continuing Education Opportunities
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2021 Virtual KHIMA Annual Meeting
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Validation Denials Webinar Series
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KHIMA Webinar - Look at You Doing “Leader-y” Stuff!
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Enhancing Your Influence Webinar
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Degenerative Hip Disease: Causes and Treatments with Case Studies and Coding Tips
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