Question: Can you point me to a resource to explain how to bill for interrupted time? South Dakota subscriber Answer: Interrupted time, which is also referred to as discontinuous time, is explained in Chapter 2 – Anesthesia Services in the National Correct [...]
Plus: National chain buys 3-state operator. Another group of nonprofits have decided to form a coalition to reap administrative, financial, and other benefits. Background: Non-profit hospices in Ohio, California, and Oregon have formed affiliations to take advantage of economies of [...]
Big swings for wage index areas may batter already struggling hospices. A minor reduction in hospices’ inflation update will translate to $40 million less in hospice payments. Back in April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed increasing hospice [...]
Hint: Review code guidelines to back up claims. If Medicare denials are piling up at your practice, you may want to figure out why. Medicare billing is complicated, but that doesn’t mean you can’t fix your denial woes. During an [...]
Use this step-by-step system for how to spot, solve and stop revenue leaks. In June, Outpatient Coding Alert covered “7 Revenue Busters That Are Destroying Your Facility’s Profits.” Revenue Buster No. 5 was “no one in the business office is [...]
CMS has released the finalized list of 2018 diagnosis codes. If you’ve got high hopes that you’ll benefit from many new ICD-10 codes starting this fall, CMS delivers, with over 300 new diagnosis codes debuting on Oct. 1. CMS published [...]
CMS has released the finalized list of 2018 diagnosis codes. If you've got high hopes that you'll benefit from many new ICD-10 codes starting this fall, CMS delivers, with over 300 new diagnosis codes debuting on Oct. 1. CMS published [...]
Myocardial infarction, diverticular disease are also diagnosis codes to watch. Appendicitis coding could be set for a pretty big overhaul as part of the Oct. 1, 2017, ICD-10 update. That’s the word from the proposed changes that the ICD-10 Coordination [...]
Myocardial infarction, diverticular disease are also diagnosis codes to watch. Appendicitis coding could be set for a pretty big overhaul as part of the Oct. 1, 2017, ICD-10 update. That’s the word from the proposed changes that the ICD-10 Coordination [...]
Question: The pathology report for our patient being investigated for ovarian cancer mentions “Serous tumor of low malignant potential (atypical proliferative serous tumor of ovary).” Can we report code 183.0 for this diagnosis? Florida Subscriber Answer: You should not use 183.0 (Malignant [...]
