Lolita Jones, RHIA, CSS, independent coding and billing consultant, discusses five ways ICD-10 will affect patient surgical encounters in an ambulatory surgery center. This article is the third ...

Traditionally implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have been implanted transvenously by creating a pouch in the subclavicular area and gaining vascular access to the heart. This approach, ...

Diagnosing contact sensitivity to an ICD can be challenging because many patients are first suspected of having an infection, due to cutaneous involvement primarily at or near the site of implantation ...