Administrative Memos

200307

FROM: Theodore O. Will, Chief Executive Officer
DATE: Oct 29, 2003
SUBJECT: Coding Corner Website Release
IPRO CONTACTS:

Kathy Terry, Ph.D., Senior Director, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment, 516-326-7767, Ext. 364
Renato L. Estrella, MS, RHIA, Director, H.I.M., Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment, 516-326-7767, Ext. 674

We are pleased to inform you that IPRO's Hospital Payment Monitoring Program (HPMP) has recently completed the development of a website that is dedicated to providing coding tips for top DRG/coding issues in Medicare for New York State (NYS). The website which may be found as a link from IPRO's home page at www.ipro.org is called "Coding Corner". The coding information on our website is the result of an ongoing effort by IPRO staff and our Coding Advisory Committee comprised of Health Information Management (HIM) representatives from across New York State. Currently the information available includes:

In addition, we also display previously developed material for coding issues that may still be problematic as a "Resource Material Link". The resource link covers:

We hope that the Coding Corner website will be one that hospital coding staff visit regularly. If you have any questions or comments about the general HPMP and/or Coding corner websites please contact Dr. Kathy Terry, Sr. Director, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment at 516-326-7767, extension 364. Should you have specific DRG/coding questions or comments about content on the Coding Corner website, please contact Renato Estrella, Director, Health Information Management (HIM) at 516-326-7767, extension 674.