MAJOR CHEST TRAUMA WITH CC DRG Code 184
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- Reimbursement: OASIS Burden Looms Large - (Sep 09, 2022)
OASIS-E additions are no walk in the park. Medicare officials do acknowledge that the proposed expansion for home health agencies to collect OASIS data on all patients regardless of payer comes with costs. But the program’s estimates are sorely lacking, [...]
- Fifth and Sixth Characters: Look for Close Malignant Skin Neoplasm Crosswalk - (Jan 31, 2013)
Melanoma and more report to different codes. Not a lot will change once you start reporting malignant skin neoplasms with ICD-10, but we have the low-down on a few key differences to keep your diagnosis coding on track for skin [...]
- ICD-10: Look for Close Malignant Skin Neoplasm Crosswalk - (Dec 02, 2012)
Melanoma and more report to different codes. Not a lot will change once you start reporting malignant skin neoplasms with ICD-10, but we have the low-down on a few key differences to keep your diagnosis coding on track for skin [...]
- ICD-10: 173 to C44: Look for Close Malignant Skin Neoplasm Crosswalk - (Nov 15, 2012)
Melanoma and more report to different codes.Not a lot will change once you start reporting malignant skin neoplasms with ICD-10, but we have the low-down on a few key differences to keep your diagnosis coding on track for skin biopsy [...]
- Compliance: Follow These 5 Steps To Protect Against F2F Claims Denials - (Jun 01, 2011)
Are you doing everything you can to boost your face-to-face compliance? It's no longer just your compliance record at stake over face-to-face compliance -- your hardearned Medicare reimbursement is at risk too, thanks to new claims edits (see related story, p. [...]
- Industry Notes: Fraud-Fighting Focus Racks Up Billions In Recoveries For OIG - (May 10, 2011)
Latest OIG report to Congress highlights HHA therapy fraud case. Citing a "period of intense activity," Inspector General Daniel Levinson offered his Semiannual Report to Congress on June 1, unveiling the news that the HHS Office of Inspector General collected [...]
- ICD-9 Update: Cancer and Pregnancy Complication Codes Dominate the 2008 Changes - (Oct 12, 2010)
If you-re only looking at what codes are new, you-re missing vital information Ob-gyn coders, prepare yourselves. You-ve got tons of new ob-gyn-related codes and revisions to learn for 2008. Prepare for the mental shift on Oct. 1 by pouring [...]
- Pile Plusses Onto Bottom Line Via PQRI Participation - (Jan 19, 2010)
Medicare again making certain services more valuable ... provided you code properly. If your gastroenterology practice is looking to make a few extra bucks for the same services in 2010, Medicare is obliging you yet again. Back for 2010 is [...]
- OASIS Update: Look Beyond The Final Rule For Crucial PPS Information - (Nov 28, 2008)
These 2 key items may surprise you. You may not find the prospective payment system grouper and pseudocode thrilling bedtime reading, but 2008 could get very exciting if you don't know their secrets. To the surprise of many agencies, all [...]
- Clip and save: BEWARE THESE PPS Coding SECRETS - (Jan 26, 2008)
V codes and manifestation codes may not work the way you think. If you're looking for all your prospective payment system information in the final rule, you'll miss vital details that could impact your bottom line. Old way: Under the [...]