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ICD-9 2011:

Make Your Superbill 2011 Compliant Using This Quick Guide

Published on Tue Jul 27, 2010

The headache-free solution to getting your ICD-9 codes up to date. Space crunched on your superbill? These seven steps make fitting the FP must have 2011 codes on your charge sheet a snap. To make your task even easier, the guide takes you section by section through a typical family medicine superbill eliminating any guessing as to where the new entries should go. 1. Add 488.1x to Influenza Superbill Entry You'll sidestep invalid code denials if you add the fifth-digit to your H1N1 claims. Here's how to squeeze in the top new codes you need. On your superbill under Infectious & Parasitic Diseases update 488.1 "Influenza, H1N1" to: 488.12 Influenza, H1N1 w/ URI symptoms Under Respiratory System Lower Respiratory Tract, add: 488.11 Influenza, H1N1 w/ pneumonia. 2. Expand BMI Entries by 5 Don't let your BMI 40 and over ICD-9 codes clog claims payments. After your superbill's Endocrine, Nutritional & [...]
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