Donna J. Cartwright, MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA

Venous Ulcers

Wound Care Documentation Case Study: Venous Ulcers

06/16/2015

Donna J. Cartwright , MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA;

Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information. However, HMP Communications and the author do not represent, guarantee, or...

Information regarding coding,...

06/16/2015

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Answers to Wound Care Documentation Case Study: Venous Ulcers

06/16/2015

Donna J. Cartwright , MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA;

ANSWERS: I87331 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer and inflammation of right lower extremity L97311 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of right ankle limited to breakdown of skin

ANSWERS: I87331 ...

06/16/2015

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Documentation

New LCD and LCA Documentation Requirements for Application of CTPs

08/23/2023

Donna J. Cartwright , MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA;

To ensure continued success for your practices, this author sincerely hopes that stakeholders affected by these new LCDs and LCAs will review and refine their documentation of skin substitute/CTP applications prior to September 17, 2023....

To ensure continued success for...

08/23/2023

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ICD-10-CM

A Closer Look at the New ICD-10-CM Codes for Wound Management in 2020

10/07/2019

Donna J. Cartwright , MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA;

Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure information accuracy. However, HMP Communications and the authors do not represent, guarantee, or warranty that...

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10/07/2019

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ICD-10-CM

Are Wound Care Providers & Their Clinics Prepared for ICD-10-CM?

05/19/2015

Donna J. Cartwright , MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA;

Kathleen D. Schaum , MS;

With our most recent Reader Report, we’re trying to gauge the industry’s level of readiness for the new coding system. Here’s how your results have been assessed by TWC’s coding, documentation, and reimbursement experts.

With our most recent Reader...

05/19/2015

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Getting Your Wound Clinic Ready for Business: A Comprehensive Checklist

02/14/2014

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

Cathy Thomas Hess , BSN, RN, CWCN, CWOCN;

Susie Seaman , NP, MSN, CWOCN;

Donna J. Cartwright , MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA;

Toni Turner , RCP, CHT, CWS, FCCWS;

Joe Darrah ;

M. Darlene Carey , MBA;

Valerie Sullivan , PT, MS, CWS;

Kathleen D. Schaum , MS;

Rex A. McCarty , MBA, CHT;

Christopher A. Morrison , MD, FACHM, CWS, FCCWS;

Taking your wound clinic from concept, to construction, to completion, to compliance is an arduous process. With this checklist, Today’s Wound Clinic provides to-be wound clinic directors with an overview of the many parameters that must be...

Taking your wound clinic from...

02/14/2014

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Audits

How Does Your Electronic Record Measure Up Under Audit?

03/31/2023

Donna J. Cartwright , MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA;

As a result of an interview that I did with Kathleen Schaum in the latest Business Briefs on electronic signatures, I felt the need to convey to our readers some of the issues I have seen when auditing electronic health records (EHRs)...

As a result of an interview that...

03/31/2023

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Coding

Wound vs. Ulcer: Selecting the Correct Diagnosis Code

08/02/2019

Donna J. Cartwright , MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA;

Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. However, HMP and the author do not represent, guarantee, or warranty that coding, coverage, and...

Information regarding coding,...

08/02/2019

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ICD-10-CM

NCDs & LCDs Released With Covered ICD-10 Codes: Will Your Documentation Support Medical Necessity?

05/18/2015

Donna J. Cartwright , MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA;

Despite the delay, the conversion to ICD-10-CM will actually happen this year. To that end, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted its future effective national coverage determinations (NCDs) with covered ICD-10 codes...

Despite the delay, the...

05/18/2015

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Tips for Pre-Registration through Pre-Determination

03/03/2011

Donna J. Cartwright , MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA;

The complexity of wound care products and procedures today, in combination with the numerous Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payer’s coverage policies, makes the registration process for hospital-based outpatient wound care departments...

The complexity of wound care...

03/03/2011

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