Why the U.S. Must Implement ICD-11: The IBD Lesson – MEDESUN ICD-11 Training Series
By Dr. M. Santosh Kumar Guptha · Founder & CEO, MEDESUN Medical Coding Academy – ICD-11 Training Series Across this series, I have shown how ICD-10-CM repeatedly loses clinical information that ICD-11 preserves — the rhythm of a cardiac arrest,...
Why U.S. Healthcare Should Start Working in ICD-11 Implementation: The Asthma Lesson – MEDESUN
By Dr. M. Santosh Kumar Guptha · Founder & CEO, MEDESUN Medical Coding Academy – ICD-11 Implementation Ask most coding professionals what a classification system is for, and the honest answer in the United States today is “reimbursement.” But the...
What U.S. Healthcare Loses Every Year It Waits on ICD-11 Implementation- MEDESUN- Dr Santosh Guptha
The Cardiac Arrhythmia Edition – ICD-11 Implementation Series ICD-10-CM can tell you that a patient went into cardiac arrest. It cannot tell you the rhythm that stopped their heart. For anyone who has stood in a resuscitation, that sentence should...
Why US Healthcare Must Move to ICD-11 — The Sepsis Case – MEDESUN
By Dr. Santosh Guptha · MEDESUN Global Sepsis is one of the most consequential diagnoses in American medicine. It is a leading cause of in-hospital death, one of the costliest conditions hospitals treat, and the focus of national quality programs...
Why the U.S. Healthcare System Should Begin Preparing for ICD-11: Lessons from Heart Failure
Published by MEDESUN Global — Medical Coding Education & Credentialing Every few decades, the language we use to describe disease has to grow up. ICD-10-CM has served US healthcare well, but it was built for a paper-and-database world. ICD-11 was...
Do You Need to Assign Blood Transfusion ICD-10-PCS Code in Inpatient Coding
Dr. Santosh Kumar Guptha, AHIMA ICD-10 Approved Trainer CEO, MEDESUN Medical Coding Academy | 22 Years Experience | Inpatient Coding & Hospital Auditing One of the most common questions from coders, auditors, and students is: Should we code blood transfusion...
AAPC CPC-M Beta Exam Now Open for Selected Senior Coders — Read This Before You Miss It
Your Step-by-Step Guide to Passing the Certified Professional Coder – Master (CPC-M) Exam on the First Attempt By Dr. Santosh Guptha, CCS, CPC, CPMA, CDIP, CRC | MEDESUN Medical Coding Academy | www.medesunglobal.com The AAPC CPC-M (Certified Professional Coder –...
Why Your CPC Certification Isn’t Enough to Land a High-Paying Medical Coding Job
The Hard Truth the Industry Isn’t Telling You — And What Actually Pays in 2026 Founder & CEO, MEDESUN Medical Coding Academy | 22+ Years in Medical Coding Let me say something that will offend a lot of training institutes,...