Question: Anytime a mother fails to bring the fetus down into the pelvis to deliver vaginally, he does a C/S, and the dx he attaches to it every time is CPD. Wouldn’t FTP/arrested phase of labor or something along those lines [...]
Question: Anytime a mother fails to bring the fetus down into the pelvis to deliver vaginally, he does a C/S, and the dx he attaches to it every time is CPD. Wouldn’t FTP/arrested phase of labor or something along those lines [...]
OB infections are different. With so many new diagnosis codes that could impact your general surgery practice, we’re serving up “round 2” to make sure you’re ready for the Oct. 1 ICD-10-CM 2019 implementation date. Hopefully you read last month’s [...]
Dial into these revisions for last year’s non-pressure ulcer codes. CMS recently published its list of the new ICD-10 2019 codes, but they won’t go into effect until Oct. 1, 2018. “This has been a lucky year for podiatry in [...]
Most offenders of Medicare fraud fall into categories of severity, which render the perpetrators guilty of either civil or criminal actions. It is a rare circumstance when a physician breaks laws across states, both civilly and criminally, losing medical credentials [...]
Question: I want to provide a little more education for my provider. Anytime a mother fails to bring the fetus down into the pelvis to deliver vaginally, he does a C/S, and the dx he attaches to it every time is [...]
You’ll still have 7 choices to consider. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one condition that can complicate surgeries and lead to more intensive work for the anesthesiologist. The good news from a coding perspective is that ICD-10’s options for [...]
Four of the seven COPD base code descriptors for ICD-9 are direct matches to ICD-10. If you are worried about not being able to code a cut and dry case of emphysema in the future, don’t be. The code for [...]
Question: Which diagnosis codes support 31575? Ohio Subscriber Answer: Medical policies differ regarding diagnoses that support performing 31575 (Laryngoscopy, flexible fiberoptic; diagnostic). But some indications for 31575 may be: Airway obstruction (chronic, 496; NEC, 519.8) Aspiration, chronic (507.0, Pneumonitis due to inhalation of [...]
Four of the seven COPD base code descriptors for ICD-9 are direct matches to ICD-10. If you are worried about not being able to code a cut and dry case of emphysema in the future, don’t be. The code for [...]
