Question: Our podiatrist performed an ankle gutter debridement along with peroneal and posterior tibial tendon exploration on a patient with primary osteoarthritis in the right ankle. The podiatrist’s notes stated that there was severe bony impingement, which they extensively debrided [...]
Question: Our podiatrist performed an ankle gutter debridement along with peroneal and posterior tibial tendon exploration on a patient with primary osteoarthritis in the right ankle. The podiatrist’s notes stated that there was severe bony impingement, which they extensively debrided both [...]
Question: How should I code this follow-up visit? A patient returned to our pediatrician after injuring her left shoulder. Our Encounter notes indicate that the provider performed an evaluation and management (E/M) service for an established patient that lasted 29 [...]
Question: What code(s) would you use for the following injections performed at the same visit: lateral approach to the hindfoot injection in the sinus tarsi, space between talus and calcaneus for sinus tarsi syndrome, and injection medial ankle joint for [...]
Question: Encounter notes indicate that the provider performed an evaluation and management (E/M) service for an established patient that lasted 29 minutes; the provider performed moderate medical decision making (MDM). Final diagnosis was “osteoporosis, R ankle, w/path fracture.” What is [...]
Plus: Are you ready for your execs’ salaries to be published in a newspaper exposé? Two hospice fraud and abuse cases have widely publicized developments that may make hospices’ missions harder. Case #1: Trustbridge, the West Palm Beach, Florida-based parent [...]
Hospice nursing supervisor admits to hastening patients’ death with overmedication. Two hospice fraud and abuse cases have widely publicized developments that may make hospices’ missions harder. Case #1: Trustbridge, the West Palm Beach, Florida-based parent company of Hospice of Palm [...]
Here’s what should be your primary diagnosis — and it isn’t gout. When a patient hobbles into your podiatrist’s office, you might wonder whether the primary diagnosis should be difficulty in walking, pain in the ankle, stiffness of the joints [...]
Your physician likely already documents the location. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs but mainly attacks flexible (synovial) joints. ICD-9-CM Code: Currently, you will report this condition with 714.0 (Rheumatoid arthritis). [...]
You will have to report additional codes to justify the cause of gout and its bilaterality. Come October 2015, you will be better armed to report gout disease, when you can start reporting a slew of new and more accurate [...]
