CMS wants to hear from you on wage index woes. Home health agencies will see an additional $250 million in Medicare payments next year — as long as punishing behavioral adjustment cuts don’t get in the way. The Centers for [...]
Question: Our provider diagnosed a patient with recurrent otitis media and chronic otitis media with effusion. This confuses me because I wasn’t sure which condition she meant. I coded it as H65.196. Was that the right choice? Delaware Subscriber Answer: The patient [...]
Report the EGD EUS only if your gastroenterologist has documented this procedure. Do you automatically reach for endoscopic codes whenever your gastroenterologist uses endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) for any structural evaluation of the luminal wall and adjacent tissues in the gastrointestinal [...]
Report the EGD EUS only if your gastroenterologist has documented this procedure. Do you automatically reach for endoscopic codes whenever your gastroenterologist uses endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) for any structural evaluation of the luminal wall and adjacent tissues in the gastrointestinal tract? [...]
Question: Should we submit separate diagnoses for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCL) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC)? We currently only report 162.9. Is that incorrect? Georgia Subscriber Answer: No, you don’t need to submit separate diagnoses but should concentrate on specific [...]
Question: Our oncologist has documented a primary lung cancer along with lung metastasis. Can we code for the lung metastasis along with the primary cancer in the lung?. Ohio Subscriber Answer: When your oncologist documents a primary neoplasm in the [...]
Question: What are the correct diagnosis codes for malignant breast cancer with metastasis to liver and bone? Georgia Subscriber Answer: You should report the breast cancer first using a primary malignant neoplasm code. You also need to list secondary neoplasm [...]
Question: How should we code malignant breast cancer with metastasis to liver and bone? Tennessee Subscriber Answer: You’ll report the breast cancer first using a primary malignant neoplasm code. You also need to list secondary neoplasm codes for the liver [...]
Tip: You’ll need to look for greater specifics under the new coding system. Question: How should we code malignant breast cancer with metastasis to liver and bone? Tennessee Subscriber Answer: You’ll report the breast cancer first using a [...]
See how to report these diagnoses under ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM. Oncology coding isn’t always cut and dry. Below are two questions from coders in the field, with answers indicating the additional information needed to choose the most appropriate code. [...]
