HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY WITHOUT CC/MCC DRG Code 079

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). [...]

ICD-10 no longer has group unspecified locations alongside the specific locations for each type, You may be used to choosing your osteoarthrosis based on anatomical location and status, but that all changes in ICD-10. Find out how to navigate the [...]

Code 079.99 makes an easy switch, but payers might not reimburse. When your physician currently diagnoses a viral infection without specifying details, you have one coding choice in 079.99 (Viral and chlamydial infection in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified [...]

Good news: Code 079.99 has a one-to-one relationship. Pediatricians treat viral infections—which are caused by a virus in the body—nearly every day. Viral infections cannot be treated with antibiotics, but the patient’s immune system can usually fight the infection when [...]

Code 079.99 makes an easy switch, but payers might not reimburse. When your physician currently diagnoses a viral infection without specifying details, you have one coding choice in 079.99 (Viral and chlamydial infection in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified [...]

Good news: Code 079.99 has a one-to-one relationship. A viral infection is caused by a virus in the body. Viral infections cannot be treated with antibiotics, but the patient’s immune system can usually fight the infection when paired with proper [...]

Good news: Code 079.99 has a one-to-one relationship. A viral infection is caused by a virus in the body. Viral infections cannot be treated with antibiotics, but the patient’s immune system can usually fight the infection when paired with proper [...]

Your claims could get a boost from these placement codes.If your gastroenterologist performs a high resolution anoscopy (HRA) for screening high risk patients for anal cancers and dysplasia, you'll turn to Category III codes in the CPT® manual to report [...]

CPT deletes intraperitoneal catheter insertion code.Do you know what CPT changes will affect gastroenterology practices in 2012? Here's a hint: two peritoneocentesis codes will be missing in your CPT manual. Instead, you need to be ready to report new codes [...]