Learn which details help you choose between the B30.- and H10.- code groups. Ophthalmologists and optometrists are no strangers to conjunctivitis, so knowing how to properly code this common ocular infection is extremely important if you want to avoid losing [...]
How much do you recall about recent coding changes? Once you’ve answered the quiz questions on page 3, compare your answers with the ones provided below. Answer 1: On Jan. 1, 2022, CPT® added the following definition of foreign bodies [...]
Understand when to report from the B30.- versus the H10.- group. School is well underway, and students aren’t the only ones populating the classrooms — so are germs like those that cause conjunctivitis. Pediatricians are no strangers to this highly [...]
Learn when to use B30.- versus H10.- codes. Some common medical conditions seem to always spread like wildfire at the start of the school year, and one of those conditions is conjunctivitis. This highly transmittible eye infection is commonly seen [...]
Time to put these new VWD, HIT, and HUS codes at your fingertips. Changes to the D50-D89 (Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism) code range in ICD-10-CM 2023 are extensive. And Oct. [...]
Question: A patient presents with eye irritation and discharge. After a level-three ED evaluation and management (E/M) service, the provider diagnoses “mucopur. conjunctivitis.” I have found the heading for H10.0- (Mucopurulent conjunctivitis), but I am having trouble zeroing in on the [...]
Question: My physician documented that the patient has a cervical disc disorder with myelopathy of the high cervical region. Which ICD-10 code should I report on the claim? Michigan Subscriber Answer: You would report M50.01 (Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, [...]
Question: My surgeon documented that the patient has a cervical disc disorder with myelopathy of the high cervical region. Which ICD-10 code should I report on the claim? Ohio Subscriber Answer: You would report M50.01 for this diagnosis. Myelopathy defined: [...]
Question: What would the ICD-10 code be for TRAP syndrome? The patient is carrying twins. However, one of the twins is malformed, and twin A’s heart is carrying full responsibility for both twins. They are not conjoined. What should I [...]
Hint: The presence of Schmorl’s nodes can make a difference. When it comes to intervertebral disc disorders, you have a lot to think about including the level of the cervical disc displacement, whether the surgeon documented Schmorl’s nodes, and your [...]
