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Did you know that LexiCode provides coding services for pathology clinics? Third party pathology clinics allow for physician offices, clinics and facilities, to streamline their internal processes by outsourcing the

The Health Information field is a constant learning process, and there are so many avenues you can pursue professionally. I set out to get my bachelor’s degree with the goal

There are people back there! So often, in our struggle with productivity and accuracy expectations, I’m afraid we’ve lost sight of the real people to whom our code assignments will

This is the first in a series of blogs that will highlight some of the most common coding errors encountered while auditing. A frequent error is coding "use" of drugs

During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), it was important that contact with and exposure to the virus be reported in all cases when appropriate. Now that the PHE has

Elixhauser Comorbidity Index was developed as part of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). It’s sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and is utilized by U.S.