ICD 10 Coding Alert
Underlying Condition Will Be Key to Choosing Pathological Fracture Diagnosis
This common diagnosis supporting vertebroplasty will become more inclusive. When your pain management specialist performs [...]
Drill Down for Functional Dyspepsia Specifics With K30
Hint: You cannot report K30 for psychogenic dyspepsia. When reporting a diagnosis of functional dyspepsia, [...]
Don't Have A Seizure Over Choosing Dx for Mental Disorder Presentations In The ED
Watch for specificity in documentation to select the most granular code listed for substance abuse [...]
Ob-gyn: Effortlessly Transition to Mild Pre-Eclampsia Diagnoses in 2014
Your ob-gyn needs to start documenting the pre-eclampsia severity. Pre-eclampsia is a condition where hypertension [...]
R07.89 Lets You Report Chest Pressure and More as of Oct. 1
Following inclusion notes will keep your coding on track. Once ICD-10-CM is implemented on Oct. [...]
Consolidate Esophageal Cancer Codes
Look for ‘in situ’ direct crosswalk. Here’s a rarity for you — you’ll have fewer [...]
Check Out How DCIS Will Change in 2014
Question: Will DCIS still be one code in ICD-10? What about for the history code [...]
What Diagnosis Is Best for Second Prostate Biopsy?
Question: A patient was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012 with a positive prostate biopsy [...]