Question: Notes indicate that the podiatrist performed a level-four office evaluation and management (E/M) service for a new patient with pain in their left ankle and toes. After a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of the ankle and foot with contrast [...]
Question: Notes indicate that the surgeon performed a level-four office evaluation and management (E/M) service for a new patient with pain in their left ankle and toes. After a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of the ankle and foot with contrast [...]
Hint: Proposal would cause one practice in our sampling to lose $25,000 in a year. If your practice often complains about the limitations that the 1995 and 1997 E/M guidelines place on E/M coding, CMS may have delivered a gift [...]
Zip from a single code in ICD-9 to 16 highly specific ICD-10 codes. When you begin using ICD-10 codes on Oct.1, 2015, you will need to check out chart notes to look for viral etiology and complications, as this will [...]
Zip from a single code in ICD-9 to 16 highly specific ICD-10 codes. When you begin using ICD-10 codes on Oct.1, 2015, you will need to check out chart notes to look for viral etiology and complications, as this will [...]
Did you receive a survey on vulnerable beneficiaries? Pursuant to the Affordable Care Act, CMS is conducting a study on vulnerable beneficiaries, and is compiling data from two surveys: one for physicians, and one for home health agencies. CMS mailed [...]
Question: Our psychiatrist recently made a diagnosis of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. I have never heard of this condition before. What code should I assign for this diagnosis? Cincinnati Subscriber Answer: Though it may appear to be absurd, there definitely [...]
Coding under ICD-10 will depend on the level of detail providers note. When your internist diagnoses mononucleosis, you have a single diagnosis choice under ICD-9: 075 (Infectious mononucleosis). The same code applies to glandular fever, monocytic angina, or Pfeiffer’s disease. [...]
Heads up: Coding under ICD-10 will depend on the level of detail providers note. When your family physician diagnoses mononucleosis, you have a single diagnosis choice under ICD-9: 075 (Infectious mononucleosis). The same code applies to glandular fever, monocytic angina, [...]
Don't forget to make this fifth digit selection. When ICD-10 goes into effect, you'll need more information to accurately report a patient's mono. Here's what you need: Background: Mononucleosis (or mono) is an infection caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. The [...]
