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What We’re Reading – How to get your behavioral health codes right

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, (DSM-5, in medical parlance) is a handbook, if you will, to assist in making diagnostic judgments in cases of mental disorders.  The manual classifies conditions and provides diagnostic criteria in … Read Full Post

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What We’re Reading – Improve Clinical Documentation for ICD-10

Your administrative staff has probably hounded you for years to improve your documentation.  With the ICD-10 transition around the corner on October 1, 2014, clinician documentation will be more important than ever.  The code sets from have expanded from 14, … Read Full Post

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Coleman Consulting Group presents a webinar on the “Basics of ICD-10-CM Coding”.

Don’t be lulled by the extension granted by HHS for transition to ICD-10-CM. This is the biggest change to hit the medical coding world in over 30 years, and the experts predict that coders’ productivity will be severely impacted. This … Read Full Post

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