Ob-Gyn Coding Alert
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Forgo a Code for Blood Cord Collections
Published on Wed Nov 21, 2012
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Ob-Gyn Coding Alert
- Obstetrics:
Multiple Gestations Can Mean Extra Pay -- If You're Coding It Right
Here's how to capture the work of the more complicated delivery scenarios.In this age of [...] - Gynecology:
Highlight These Nonsurgical SUI Treatment Coding Options
Does training involve biofeedback? Look to this procedure code.Before turning to surgical treatments for stress [...] - Fee Schedule:
Finalized 2013 Fee Schedule Includes 26.5 Percent Cut
Plus: Transition care management pay is formalized with assignment of codes 99495-99496.CMS offers several bits [...] - ICD-10:
Differentiate Between Tenderness and Rebound Tenderness For ICD-10 Clarity
You'll still focus on type of pain and location to choose a code.When your ob-gyn [...] - You Be the Coder:
Look to this Diagnosis for Breastfeeding Counseling
Question: My ob-gyn saw a patient who was having problems breastfeeding her infant. What diagnosis [...] - Reader Question:
Any Doctor Can Use ED Codes
Question: An emergency department (ED) physician asked our ob-gyn to see a patient who is [...] - Reader Question:
Put Your Chapter 11 Codes First
Question: My ob-gyn admitted a 27-year-old woman through the ED. She had chest pain due [...] - Reader Question:
Forgo a Code for Blood Cord Collections
Question: My ob-gyn saw a patient who had a normal spontaneous vaginal delivery over midline [...] - Reader Question:
Don't Count Ultrasounds as Incident-To
Question: If our patient sees the nurse practitioner and undergoes an ultrasound that day, does [...] - Reader Question:
Documentation of Extra Conversation Required to Bill
Question: We have a patient that came in for an annual exam, and our provider [...] - Reader Question:
Apply This Code for "Thickened Nuchal Fold"
Question: What diagnosis code should I use for "thickened nuchal fold?" The patient came in [...]
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