Diagnosis coding is the forgotten stepchild in medical practices. Physician coding has focused on Current Procedural Terminology codes, which drives revenue when services are provided under a ...

Instead of capturing multiple components of a cardiac rhythm management device implantation with a single code, ICD-10 will force providers to code each component of the device system separately, ...

A gene associated with sudden cardiac death in the general population has been identified using implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) monitoring in new research. The research included patients ...

A randomized clinical trial of Black patients eligible for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has found that the use of a video-based decision support tool increased knowledge of but not ...

And of course, add another code to describe the stage of the chronic kidney disease. A coder may assume a causal relationship between hypertension and chronic kidney disease, but may not assume a ...