Draw the line between diabetes before pregnancy and gestational diabetes. So you know that a diabetic pregnant patient requires services that are separate from the global package and demand a higher level of management skill — but does your patient’s [...]
Medical terminology will help you code these conditions more easily. Your podiatrist is likely to see patients with a variety of foot and ankle ulcers. In Podiatry Coding Alert Volume 15, Number 4, we looked at code choices for pressure [...]
Multiple I&D will mean 10061. When your provider performs incision and drainage (I&D) for an ED patient, coders need to be ready to roll with knowledge on the definitions of each code. Failure to separate I&D by type could result [...]
Add incident response to your annual HIPAA risk assessment. Securing your patients’ protected health information (PHI) is critical from both a professional and financial standpoint. No matter whether you outsource IT security or handle it internally, you should have a [...]
Question: Can you please help me understand the requirements for billing device interrogations in the hospital setting? I have always been told that we can’t bill any interrogations without documentation that is separate from the note, like having the printed [...]
Draw the line between diabetes before pregnancy and gestational diabetes. So you know that a diabetic pregnant patient requires services that are separate from the global package and a higher level of management skill — but does your patient’s payer? [...]
Plus: Find out how to differentiate between simple and complicated. When patients present to the ED with infections or other issues requiring incision and drainage, you’ll need to be able to nail down the right I&D code. Consider the following [...]
Coding for incision & drainage relies on treatment depth. If your orthopedist has to perform an incision and drainage (I&D) for a patient, then you’ll need to be ready to go with coding smarts for the claim. The basics: I&D [...]
Plus: What’s the proposed conversion factor for 2019? The proposed physician fee schedule includes much more information beyond the suggested E/M code changes, including potential updates regarding the quality measures. The proposal suggests adjustments that provide much-needed changes to Measures [...]
Kindred Healthcare Inc. has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging labor law violations. Louisville-based Kindred and a Gentiva subsidiary failed to pay California workers overtime, provide meal and rest breaks, pay the state's minimum [...]
