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 [...]
Review the action-packed developments in this relatively new space. Keep your eye on a rising trend — the combination of home health and hospital-at-home businesses to furnish higher-acuity services in patients’ homes. For example: Humana, health insurer and self-described “health [...]
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? [...]
You might be able to bump up P code assignment as well. When coding for anesthesia during labor and delivery, it's important to also be aware of underlying diagnoses that could affect how your provider administers anesthesia – and how [...]
You’ll make a new distinction between ectopic and molar pregnancies. In the ICD-10 Coding Alert volume 6 number 5 issue, you learned about the gynecological ICD-10 codes to expect October 1, 2016. Now, check out the obstetric changes heading your [...]
You’ll make a new distinction between ectopic and molar pregnancies. Last month, you learned about the gynecological ICD-10 codes to expect October 1, 2016. Now, check out the obstetric changes heading your way, which include new codes Z31.7 (Encounter for [...]
Neuro conditions lead the pack for long stays. When you struggle day in and day out to furnish hospice services to your patients under your reimbursement, why does MedPAC think you don’t need a pay increase in 2016? Take a [...]
Neuro conditions lead the pack for long stays. When you struggle day in and day out to furnish hospice services to your patients under your reimbursement, why does MedPAC think you don’t need a pay increase in 2016? Take a [...]
Expect carrier scrutiny in light of this leap and ensure you’re coding accurately. If it looks like you’re reporting more observation codes than ever before, you’re not just seeing things—practices are billing these services more now than ever before, a [...]
Here’s why every minute counts when you report these codes. When reporting observation care, you’ll need to determine the length of the observation period and whether the status of the patient is “inpatient status” or “outpatient status in observation” to [...]
