RadNews
October 2014

IN THIS ISSUE:
MRI Ear Protection
MRI Post Failed Shoulder Sx
ICD-10 Tip
New from NationalRad & More!

MRI Safety - Ear Protection

Do you provide ear protection for your patients? What kind? And what about your staff? Do you provide ear protection for them as well?

MRI systems produce a great deal of acoustic noise, which can have damaging effects on the ears of both patients and staff. Even magnets as strong as .5T can have harmful effects.

Let's make sure our ears and the ears of our patients are protected. Please contact Caryn Nolen, NationalRad's Director of Quality Assurance (QA) and Chief Radiologic Technologist, at CNOLEN@NATIONALRAD.COM to discuss proper ear protection and MRI safety.

Postoperative MRI After Failed Shoulder Instability Surgery

In July, NationalRad president and musculoskeletal radiologist MICHAEL B. ZLATKIN, MD, FRCPC joined orthopaedic specialists such as Stephen Burkhart, MD and Richard Hawkins, MD for a VUMEDI WEBINAR entitled BONE LOSS IN SHOULDER INSTABILITY: IMAGING & RECONSTRUCTION. Dr. Zlatkin presented "Postoperative MRI After Failed Shoulder Instability Surgery", and added steps to successfully imaging the post-operative shoulder following failed shoulder instability surgery, including using artifact-limiting protocols and know the questions to ask when reviewing MR images.

Dr. Zlatkin is considered to be one of the foremost experts in shoulder imaging. He will be presenting at the INTERNATIONAL SKELETAL SOCIETY (ISS) 41ST ANNUAL MEETING AND MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING COURSE: FUNDAMENTALS TO ADVANCED CONCEPTS in Edinburgh, Scotland and the ISRAEL RADIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (ISRA) INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL MEETING at the Dan Eilat Hotel (on the Red Sea), Israel on shoulder imaging later this month.

To view the VuMedi Webinar, CLICK HERE. You will need to login to VuMedi or create a account if you don't already have one. If you would like to learn more about imaging of the shoulder, including postoperative imaging, please contact us at INFO@NATIONALRAD.COM.

ICD-10 Coding Transition Tip Sheets

October marks one year to go until ICD-10 goes into effect. EXCELLUS BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD, a nonprofit independent licensee of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, has developed a CODING TRANSITION TIP SHEET, which shows a comparison of ICD-9 to ICD-10. The tip sheet covers everything from number of digits and placeholder characters to abbreviations, exclusions and default codes. Visit and bookmark this sheet for a quick and easy reference guide to ICD-9 coding versus ICD-10 coding.

MUNSON HEALTHCARE, a hospital system in Michigan, has also developed a resource center to support the ICD-10 transition at MUNSONHEALTHCARE.ORG/ICD10. Visit their ICD-10 DOCUMENTATION TIP FOR TRAUMATIC FRACTURE, to learn how a traumatic fracture would be coded under ICD-9 versus ICD-10.

Stay tuned for more tips on transitioning to ICD-10!

New from NationalRad: Upcoming Lectures
Connect with Your Radiologists at an Upcoming Meeting!

INTERNATIONAL SKELETAL SOCIETY (ISS) 41ST ANNUAL MEETING AND MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING COURSE: FUNDAMENTALS TO ADVANCED CONCEPTS, October 15 - 18, 2014, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

+ Imaging Techniques for Labrocapsular Structures - MICHAEL B. ZLATKIN, MD, FRCPC

+ Shoulder: Labrum (Moderator) - MICHAEL B. ZLATKIN, MD, FRCPC

+ Diabetic Foot: Infected or Not? - WILLIAM B. MORRISON, MD

ISRAEL RADIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (ISRA) INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL MEETING, October 29 - 31, 2014, Dan Eilat Hotel (on the Red Sea), Israel

+ MRI of the Rotator Cuff including Post-operative Imaging - MICHAEL B. ZLATKIN, MD, FRCPC

RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA (RSNA) 100TH SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY AND ANNUAL MEETING, November 30 - December 5, 2014, Chicago, IL

+ Case-based Review of Magnetic Resonance (An Interactive Session): Upper Extremity - TIMOTHY G. SANDERS, MD

+ Case-based Review of Musculoskeletal Radiology (An Interactive Session): Ankle and Foot - WILLIAM B. MORRISON, MD

To learn more about these topics, please contact us at INFO@NATIONALRAD.COM.

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