Tip: Change your password often and don't share it with coworkers or friends. Email has been around for a long time, so it's easy to assume that your staff understands the nuances of spam, junk, or malicious threats that corrupt [...]
Use 2017 codes as of October 1. Ever since you started using ICD-10-CM for diagnosis coding in your lab, you haven’t had to deal with annual updates — until now. As of Oct. 1, you should be using the first [...]
Don’t miss these new GI tumor codes. As a general surgery coder, you know you have to be familiar with CPT® codes for procedures involving many body systems. The same is true for diagnosis coding, especially now that ICD-10-CM provides [...]
Proposed changes add new gastrointestinal stromal tumor and encounter codes. Among the constellation of proposed additions and updates are codes for hepatitis carriers, encounter codes, prostatic dysplasia, and gastrointestinal stromal and caricinoid tumors. Here is a quick review of the [...]
Anatomical location and histological features gain importance. In addition to the extensive revisions proposed for diagnosis codes for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, you will see additions and updates to prostatic dysplasia, and gastrointestinal stromal and caricinoid tumors. Here is a quick review [...]
Proper documentation will help guide you to the most precise codes. The first official update to ICD-10 will go into effect October 1, with changes affecting virtually every medical specialty. Gastroenterology is one area where you’ll find many updates and [...]
Proposed changes add new gastrointestinal stromal tumor and encounter codes. In the previous issue of Oncology Coding Alert, you had a chance to peek into the extensive changes proposed for diagnosis codes for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Added to the constellation of [...]
Get ready for more specific pancreatitis codes. The CDC has posted a preliminary list of ICD-10-CM changes for October 1 (aka ICD-10-CM 2017), and just in case you don’t want to sort through about 2,000 new codes, we’ve narrowed down [...]
Get ready for more specific pancreatitis codes. The CDC has posted a preliminary list of ICD-10-CM changes for October 1 (aka ICD-10-CM 2017), and just in case you don’t want to sort through about 2,000 new codes, we’ve narrowed down [...]
Question: What is the correct code for Charcot's arthropathy when there is no documentation of syphilis? Is it correct to report code 094.0 (Tabes dorsalis)? Missouri SubscriberAnswer: Code 094.0 is not the appropriate code for Charcot's arthropathy when there isn't any [...]
