Remember: You should report N35.028 for females only. Reporting ICD-10-CM codes can be very challenging since you have to consider many different details from the documentation. Coding urethral strictures is no exception. You must know what type of urethral stricture [...]
Other options can help fill the money gap. Urologists often perform sperm aspiration as part of their testing for male infertility. The procedure is straightforward, but coding and reimbursement isn’t always so simple. If you have found yourself wondering how [...]
Your most common choices will fall in three code families. Urethral stricture is not an uncommon diagnosis for urologists to see, which means you need to be familiar with the multiple coding possibilities. As long as you remember to check [...]
Start by exploring catheter, genitourinary hemorrhage, and diagnostic imaging updates. October will bring the first official updates to ICD-10, but information about proposed changes has already been circulated. Thousands of additions, revisions, and deletions are in the latest file, though [...]
Revised guidelines, additions, deletions, reimbursement mappings and more… Prepare yourself for the new and revised ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes that go into effect Oct. 1, 2016, along with the associated DRG changes. This April 19, CMS posted the much awaited [...]
Question: Code 0282T has an MUE of 1 and code 64555 has an MUE of 2. According to the utilization guidelines of Noridian’s LCD L33714, “Trials will be limited to four leads with maximum of 16 contacts.” Does this mean [...]
Specify leg — and part of leg — with new diagnosis code set. As is a recurring theme with most of the ICD-10 codes, when coders officially begin using the new diagnostic code set on Oct. 1, 2015, they will [...]
The one-year implementation delay doesn’t mean you should rest on your laurels. Despite the fact that you’ll have another year before you have to start using the ICD-10 codeset, experts urge you to continue preparing for the change. (Read more [...]
In addition to relative value units (RVUs), which are the basis for calculating Medicare payments for physicians, the annual CMS Physician Fee Schedule contains valuable direction for coders. Pathology practices can glean much information from the Fee Schedule , including [...]
