CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC DRG Code 309

Question: I’m a gastroenterologist and have several patients who suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The patients experience frequent flare-ups of the chronic disease. Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) allow diabetic patients to stay aware of their condition, but are there [...]

Question: When encounter notes indicate that a patient is suffering from a post-traumatic headache, what is the proper ICD-10-CM code for the condition? Iowa Subscriber Answer: Your code choice depends on two pieces of information you don’t list in your [...]

Question: The provider diagnosed post-traumatic headache. Is G44.3 the correct ICD-10 code for this condition? Ohio Subscriber Answer: Yes and no. The G44.3- (Post-traumatic headache) code is accurate, but not specific enough. Follow these instructions once you arrive at G44.3- in the [...]

Question: The provider diagnosed post-traumatic headache. Is G44.3 the correct ICD-10 code for this condition? Illinois Subscriber Answer: Yes and no. The G44.3- (Post-traumatic headache) code is accurate, but not specific enough. Follow these instructions once you arrive at G44.3- in the [...]

Question: The provider diagnosed post-traumatic headache. Is G44.3 the correct ICD-10 code for this condition? Wyoming Subscriber Answer: Yes and no. The G44.3- (Post-traumatic headache) code is accurate, but not specific enough. Follow these instructions once you arrive at G44.3- in the [...]

One MAC maintains nearly a 100 percent denial rate. The face-to-face physician encounter rules that took effect last year are plaguing both physicians and home health agencies, and a recent audit reveals that most practitioners aren’t up to speed with [...]

One MAC’s rate is a staggering 97 percent. Your reimbursement may be doomed under face-to-face physician encounter rules that took effect last year, even when you know the ropes. The proof: In the Probe & Educate medical review initiative Medicare [...]

Compliance is out of HHAs’ hands, industry leader insists. With all the difficulties associated with the face-to-face physician encounter requirement, home health agencies knew they’d have an uphill battle in the new Probe & Educate medical review initiative. But the [...]

Program expected to go nationwide as early as 2018. The 2016 HH PPS final rule contains a few minor changes to Value-Based Purchasing, but the program will proceed mostly as proposed in less than two months. Same: The final rule [...]

Hint: Look into documentation to identify the type of deficits. When your clinician diagnoses a patient with conversion disorder, you will need to check on the type of symptoms or deficits that the patient is experiencing, as this will affect [...]