Question: Encounter notes indicate that the surgeon treated a patient with “synovitis, toxic/wrist.” I cannot find an ICD-10 code to match this condition. Can you help? Texas Subscriber Answer: You’re not going to find toxic synovitis in any of the [...]
Question: Encounter notes indicate that a patient suffers from “L trigger finger.” Is the trigger finger automatically the index finger? Or do I need to be more specific for a trigger finger diagnosis? Louisiana Subscriber Answer: You’ll need to be more specific [...]
Question: Encounter notes indicate that a patient suffers from “L trigger finger.” Is the trigger finger automatically the index finger? Or do I need to be more specific for a trigger finger diagnosis? Louisiana Subscriber Answer: You’ll need to be more specific [...]
Question: A 63-year-old patient presented to a radiology practice for a diagnostic mammography exam with complaints of a lump in her left breast. The radiologist performed the diagnostic mammography, but due to the patient’s dense breasts, the provider had difficulty evaluating [...]
Question: A 63-year-old patient presented to a radiology practice for a diagnostic mammography exam with complaints of a lump in her left breast. The radiologist performed the diagnostic mammography, but due to the patient’s dense breasts, the provider had difficulty evaluating [...]
Don’t overlook a change to the Medicare enrollment form. On top of numerous revisions to the enrollment process contained in the recent physician fee schedule final rule (see story, p. 332), there’s a new CMS-855A to reckon with. That’s thanks [...]
Separate payment for nonhospice items gets more attention. A new joint report from the Department of Justice and HHS Office of Inspector General shows home health and hospice agencies remain firmly in the feds’ crosshairs. In the Health Care Fraud [...]
Your referral sources who bill for advance care planning may want to brush up on the requirements, in light of new scrutiny on the topic. In a new report, the HHS Office of Inspector General reviewed 691 ACP services associated [...]
Will egregious fraud cases hurt the entire industry? With serious legislative consequences for home health agencies hanging in the balance this year, the OIG’s take on the industry is more important than ever. The watchdog agency offers its fraud and [...]
Master scenarios like these and arthrodesis coding will improve. In our last issue (Volume 25, Number 2), we explored the intricacies of wrist arthrodesis coding and showed you how to optimize your limited and complete wrist arthrodesis claims. In this [...]
