GCS in I-10
Hi all!
Are you aware of how your facility will be capturing GCS in I-10. My draft coding manual states that these codes are intended for use in trauma but may be picked up in other patients as well. When I attended the AHIMA I-10 training they mentioned that coders may not pick up these codes consistently and that different facilities may set different expectations. Some of these are MCC’s. Do you know what your facility will be doing? Will you be asking MD’s to document GCS and have you spoke to your coding department about it?
Thanks!
Katy Good, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS
Clinical Documentation Program Coordinator
AHIMA Approved ICD-10CM/PCS Trainer
Flagstaff Medical Center
Kathryn.Good@nahealth.com
Cell: 928.814.9404
Are you aware of how your facility will be capturing GCS in I-10. My draft coding manual states that these codes are intended for use in trauma but may be picked up in other patients as well. When I attended the AHIMA I-10 training they mentioned that coders may not pick up these codes consistently and that different facilities may set different expectations. Some of these are MCC’s. Do you know what your facility will be doing? Will you be asking MD’s to document GCS and have you spoke to your coding department about it?
Thanks!
Katy Good, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS
Clinical Documentation Program Coordinator
AHIMA Approved ICD-10CM/PCS Trainer
Flagstaff Medical Center
Kathryn.Good@nahealth.com
Cell: 928.814.9404
Comments
Haven't gotten through all my I-10 training. Can you tell me what the acronym GCS stands for? It appears it would be something we might want to investigate.
Jolene File,RHIT,CCS,CPC-H,CCDS
Documentation Improvement Specialist-Coder
Hays Medical Center
jolene.file@haysmed.com
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Sorry! I should know better than to abbreviate ;-)
Katy Good, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS
Clinical Documentation Program Coordinator
AHIMA Approved ICD-10CM/PCS Trainer
Flagstaff Medical Center
Kathryn.Good@nahealth.com
Cell: 928.814.9404
Thanks for asking this question. It made me actually go out and look the proposed CC/MCC list more closely.
I found that just listing the GCS score codes R40.241 - R40.2444 are not cc or mcc it has to be the individual eye, verbal or motor scoring. Is this your understanding also?
If so I know we may have some issues with some services.
Shelia
Shelia Bullock, RN, BSN, MBA, CCM, CCDS, CCS
Director, Clinical Documentation Improvement Services
AHIMA Approved ICD-10 CM/PCS Trainer
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 North State Street
Room S336
Jackson, MS 39216
T: 601-815-3079 I F: 601-815-9505
sabullock@umc.edu
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Katy Good, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS
Clinical Documentation Program Coordinator
AHIMA Approved ICD-10CM/PCS Trainer
Flagstaff Medical Center
Kathryn.Good@nahealth.com
Cell: 928.814.9404
Thanks!
Katy Good, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS
Clinical Documentation Program Coordinator
AHIMA Approved ICD-10CM/PCS Trainer
Flagstaff Medical Center
Kathryn.Good@nahealth.com
Cell: 928.814.9404
Shelia
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