OTHER SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST PROCEDURES WITH MCC DRG Code 579

Question: The doctor’s note says that ‘patient presents with pain in the ankle.’ How do I find the correct ICD-10 code for this encounter? Answer: There isn’t enough detail in this note to help you choose the best ICD-10 code. That’s [...]

Question: The doctor’s note says that ‘patient presents with pain in the ankle.’ How do I find the correct ICD-10 code for this encounter? Answer: There isn’t enough detail in this note to help you choose the best ICD-10 code. That’s because [...]

Question: A patient presents with pain in the ankle, and the physician performs arthrocentesis without ultrasound. How do I code for this encounter? Idaho Subscriber Answer: The procedure coding is pretty straightforward: report 20605 (Arthrocentesis, aspiration and/or injection, intermediate joint or bursa [...]

Here’s what should be your primary diagnosis — and it isn’t gout. When a patient hobbles into your podiatrist’s office, you might wonder whether the primary diagnosis should be difficulty in walking, pain in the ankle, stiffness of the joints [...]

Question: A patient presents with pain in the ankle and is treated accordingly. How do I capture my podiatrist’s diagnosis and procedure? Maryland subscriber Answer: A painful ankle can be fairly straightforward to code for, even before a condition such as chronic [...]

Check out how much more detailed your choices will be in 2015.  A patient reporting to your practice with a painful joint can be fairly straightforward to code for, even before a condition such as chronic pain syndrome might be [...]

Here’s the rundown on how your joint pain diagnoses will be more detailed in 2015. A patient reporting to your practice with a painful joint can be fairly straightforward to code for, even before a condition such as chronic pain [...]

Check out how your joint pain diagnoses will be more detailed in 2015. You may be used to applying a 719.4x code to many of your orthopedic practice’s claims, but you’ll have to up your specificity after October 1, 2015. [...]

Check out how your joint pain diagnoses will be more detailed in 2015. You may be used to applying a 719.4x code to many of your orthopedic practice’s claims, but you’ll have to up your specificity after October 1, 2015. [...]

Be able to tell when to label an E/M service as extended ROS.If you think celiac disease routinely classifies as gastroenterological disease, you are wrong. In fact, atypical celiac disease presents with few or even no GI signs or symptoms. [...]