PNEUMOTHORAX WITH MCC DRG Code 199

Remember that a CBR is an educational tool. A recent comparative billing report (CBR), compiled by RELI Group Inc., examined the payment rates of bronchodilator nebulizer medications for Medicare Part B beneficiaries. From 2021 to 2022, the analysis team looked [...]

And remember to assign Z91.A- codes to detail caregiver noncompliance. If your practice has patients who have been taking immunotherapies or chemotherapeutic agents for an extended period of time, you now have more specific options for coding “long-term (current) use [...]

Make sure to report social factors that impact care. When your surgeon notes that issues related to social considerations or care compliance impact a patient’s healthcare, you’ll have new codes to report the situation beginning Oct. 1. That’s because the [...]

Prepare now for more detailed Z79 diagnosis codes. Back in July, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted a list of nearly 1,500 new codes that will join the ICD-10-CM code set beginning Oct. 1, 2022. Among the [...]

Look to expanded Z code options to capture social circumstances. With the 2023 ICD-10-CM updates, which go into effect Oct. 1, 2022, new social determinants of health (SDoH) codes offer new ways to document various patient circumstances into their medical [...]

Plus: Understand noncompliance code revisions, too. Among the recently released ICD-10-CM 2023 codes, are myriad new codes and revisions that encourage health equity and offer new options for reporting social issues. Context: Starting Oct. 1, 2022, you’ll have an expanded [...]

Plus: Check out SDoH and noncompliance code revisions, too. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the new ICD-10-CM 2023 codes — and there are a plethora of new options and revisions that promote health equity and [...]

And get a glimpse of these clarifying guideline changes. Starting Oct. 1, 2022, you’ll have an expanded list of social determinants of health (SDoH) codes, as well as new ways to report patient and caregiver noncompliance. These factors have always [...]

Also, take note of these related guideline changes. Documenting social determinants of health (SDoH) has become easier over the last few years thanks to the steady increase in the number of ICD-10 codes available to include in the patient’s medical [...]

Learn how to code patients’ noncompliance of treatment. The 2023 ICD-10-CM code set has been released, and it includes more than 1,400 new codes. With codes added to provide greater specificity when reporting endometriosis of the cardiothoracic space as well [...]