Giving patients rehab at home instead of in nursing homes is not only preferred by many patients, but also makes financial and treatment sense. So says a study recently published in the Journal of Applied Gerontology. Researchers from Harvard Medical [...]
Hint: Suggested E/M documentation changes could balance shortcomings. If a hefty portion of your Part B take-home pay is tied to E/M office visits, you may want to review recent Medicare proposals. However, depending on your specialty and the number [...]
Hint: Suggested E/M documentation changes could balance shortcomings. If a big part of your Medicare pay is tied to evaluation and management (E/M) office visits, you may be concerned about recent proposals from CMS. But depending on your specialty and [...]
Hint: Proposal would cause one practice in our sampling to lose $25,000 in a year. If your practice often complains about the limitations that the 1995 and 1997 E/M guidelines place on E/M coding, CMS may have delivered a gift [...]
Tip: The right shoe is crucial for averting amputations. You are in a double bind if you often provide special prescription footwear to your patients. Not only do you need to establish the medical necessity; you need to be certain [...]
Pay attention to cyst location to help guide your coding. For urology practices, periurethral cyst removal can be a frequently performed procedure, but the countless differences that can change the clinical presentation and the surgery can make choosing the right [...]
Determine the exact clinical circumstances and cyst location before starting your code search. While periurethral cyst removal may be a common surgery in your practice, the variety of presentations and resulting surgical differences can make choosing the right code 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. [...]
Question: How do we report Lhermitte-Duclos in ICD-9?Alaska SubscriberAnswer: You may report 215.0 (Other benign neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue of head, face, and neck) for this condition.Explanation: Lhermitte-Duclos disease (LDD) is a rare, non-cancerous, slow growing tumor [...]
Question: How do we report Lhermitte-Duclos in ICD-9?Alaska SubscriberAnswer: You may report code 215.0 (Other benign neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue of head face and neck) for this condition.Explanation: Lhermitte-Duclos disease (LDD) is a dysplastic gangliocytoma of the [...]
