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 [...]
Find out which details can lead to the most specific codes. Many conditions affect the retina, from inflammation and vascular pathologies to retinal detachments and breaks. These conditions are common, and many practices that provide eye care see these problems [...]
Learn the details that lead to maximum code specificity. Retinal conditions run the gamut from inflammation and vascular pathologies to detachment and breaks. Due to their prevalence, most eye care practices see patients with such problems every day, requiring you [...]
Here’s why dislocation status is vital. When you are coding claims for patients who need help with traumatic or chronic/recurrent hip dislocations, ICD-10 coding is vital to securing your deserved reimbursement on each claim. Why? There are two different diagnosis [...]
Keep these code sets handy for this major surgery. Accuracy is everything in diagnosis coding, and major operations like hip dislocation repair require an extra careful eye on your part, both to optimize reimbursement and to ensure the patient’s well-being [...]
Look to these code sets for patients suffering hip dislocations. A hip dislocation repair is a big deal; it’s a major injury that involves major recovery time (or permanent life alterations) for the patient. As a coder, you need to [...]
Increase comes as a surprise. While home health agencies are facing down the biggest change to Medicare payment since PPS, they also will need to counter the largest cut recommendation in years from an influential advisory body to Congress. In [...]
LHC Group Inc. plans to purchase Life Care Home Health Inc.’s 14 home health agencies for $10 million in cash from long-term care company Life Care Centers of America Inc. Life Care Home Health, based in Cleveland, Tenn., has locations [...]
New diagnosis codes will distinguish which foot and what type of wound it suffered. Podiatry coders who were looking for more specificity in reporting open wounds of the ankle and foot have just over a year to wait. Under the [...]
