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	<title>Journal of AHIMA</title>
	
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		<title>Epidural</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 05:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Dimick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Monday Coding Quiz]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[An epidural was given during labor. Subsequently, it was determined that the patient would require a C-section for cephalopelvic disproportion because of obstructed labor.<br/>
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		<title>Coding Diabetes Mellitus in ICD-10-CM</title>
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		<comments>http://journal.ahima.org/2012/05/16/coding-diabetes-mellitus-in-icd-10-cm-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Dimick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coding & reimbursement]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ICD-10-CM diabetes codes complement present medical science—separate type 1 and type 2 diabetes category codes and body system combination codes represent a major improvement over ICD-9-CM.<br/>
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		<title>ASC Facility Coding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 05:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Dimick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Monday Coding Quiz]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A newborn female is born with polydactyly of the right foot with a total of 5 normal toes and 2 extra digits that do not contain bony structures.<br/>
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		<title>Coding for Ambulatory Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 05:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Dimick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Monday Coding Quiz]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[An ambulatory surgery operative report for a 75-year-old male patient states that the patient received a full- thickness graft of the cheek following lesion removal of a basal carcinoma.<br/>
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		<title>May 2012</title>
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		<comments>http://journal.ahima.org/2012/05/03/may-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 20:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Sheber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the magazine]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Large health systems and their IT vendors are creating private information exchange networks at a time when federally funded state operations are gearing up for launch. Is there room for private and public offerings in the new HIE marketplace?<br/>
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		<title>ACOs Driving HIE Development, Competition</title>
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		<comments>http://journal.ahima.org/2012/05/01/acos-driving-hie-development-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 05:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Dimick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health information exchange]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://journal.ahima.org/?p=6566</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Health information exchange is about more than just connecting providers for the electronic transfer of records. Direct financial benefits can also result from this exchange. Accountable care organizations (ACOs), which incentivize competing providers to link together and exchange data in order to lower costs and share savings, are becoming a true market driver for private and public HIE development.<br/>
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		<title>Video: AHIMA Hill Day 2012 Slideshow</title>
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		<comments>http://journal.ahima.org/2012/04/30/ahima-hill-day-2012-slideshow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Dimick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AHIMA]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Close to 200 AHIMA members participated in the 2012 AHIMA Capitol Hill Day, which took place in Washington D.C. in March. Watch the video for a slideshow of images from the 2012 AHIMA Hill Day.<br/>
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		<title>Critical Reasons for Not Further Delaying ICD-10 Implementation</title>
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		<comments>http://journal.ahima.org/2012/04/30/report-there-are-critical-reasons-for-not-further-delaying-the-implementation-of-the-new-icd-10-coding-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coding & reimbursement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICD-10]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://journal.ahima.org/?p=6538</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[An article in Health Affairs titled “There Are Important Reasons For Delaying the Implementation Of The New ICD-10 Coding System” asserts that the ICD-10-CM conversion will be “expensive, arduous, disruptive, and of limited direct clinical benefit.” 

Contrary to the conclusions in this article, implementation of the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS code sets will provide major advantages over the existing ICD-9-CM code set. Implementation is long overdue and will provide significant cost benefits.<br/>
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		<title>Coding for a Urological Procedure</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JournalOfAhima/~3/iXSI4h_akJU/</link>
		<comments>http://journal.ahima.org/2012/04/30/coding-for-a-urological-procedure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Dimick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Monday Coding Quiz]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This patient, a 47-year-old male with adenoma of the prostate, is being treated in the outpatient surgery suite.<br/>
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		<title>Health Plan Identifiers Proposed for Insurers</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JournalOfAhima/~3/jY_kI1DU_P4/</link>
		<comments>http://journal.ahima.org/2012/04/13/health-plan-identifiers-proposed-for-insurers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Zumar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ARRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clinical terminologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://journal.ahima.org/?p=6518</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Although the ICD-10 compliance delay grabbed most the headlines, the proposed rule in which the ICD-10 delay was nestled also calls for standardized health plan identifiers.<br/>
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