This is a review of claim facts and corrective actions taken for excisional debridements (complex review, incorrect coding), one of the top five overpaid services in inpatient hospitals, as explained ...

While the RAC rollout is in full swing and facilities begin to prepare for the program in their respective regions, it is important to understand how the RAC process works and equally important to ...

Debridement is the ICD-9-CM subcategory that causes the most confusion among coders, based on a study published in the summer issue of Perspectives in Health Information Management. According to the ...

The new debridement DRGs would still be classified as operating room procedures but would result in lower payment, to reflect what CMS says is the lower cost of delivering these services. "We examined ...