Remember the quirkiness of the Index. You probably know that a fear of confined spaces is known as claustrophobia. You might also know how to find the ICD-10 code for the condition by beginning with the entry “Fear of” in [...]
Question: Our pediatrician just saw a 4-year-old patient for a new patient well-child check. Due to a traumatic experience at a previous pediatrician’s office, the child began screaming while being touched and would not allow our physician to complete the [...]
You must prioritize your cost report accuracy. Hospice providers’ days of being cavalier about their cost report data need to come to an end ASAP. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services bases its advanced care level payment rate increases [...]
Your data is leading to RHC cuts. With all the regulatory and billing pressures on hospices, it’s no surprise that cost report accuracy can sometimes get shuffled to the bottom of the priority list. But now’s the time to bring [...]
One ophthalmologist in our sampling would lose $39,000 a year under the new proposal. Although eye care practices have the option of reporting either ophthalmological services codes or E/M codes for their patient encounters, many ophthalmologists and optometrists bill the [...]
Obstetric surgical wound infection codes receive overhaul, too. 320 additions. 172 revised codes. Three deleted codes. The changes to the 2019 ICD-10 are not as extensive as they have been in previous years, but as always, the revisions will affect [...]
Inclusion terms under the new codes will direct you to the right choice. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published its list of the new ICD-10 2019 codes, but they won’t go into effect until Oct. 1, 2018. Of these [...]
Employ these crucial codes into your radiology coding repertoire in time for 2019. Staying on top of the vast number of new and revised ICD-10 codes arriving in October should always be a priority for radiology coders. Depending on your [...]
Warning: Phishing is a very real threat. With the 2018 HH PPS final rule just out, the draft interpretive guidelines for the new Conditions of Participation set to hit in January, Targeted Probe & Educate medical review ongoing, and a [...]
Tip: Don't share your password... ever. Much of healthcare revolves around administration, paperwork, and follow-up. And as communication in the industry has moved from a paper-based system to an electronic one, the risks for exposing both patients' protected health information [...]
