See if you can spot the best-suited codes for these scenarios. Although coding for ophthalmology is usually straightforward, there are times when selecting the most appropriate code among the thousands of options in your ICD-10 code book is more challenging. [...]
Emphasize resident well-being over staff convenience. It’s the nursing home stereotype: Residents propped up in chairs in their rooms or in a hallway, quiet, dazed, and disengaged. Surveyors are out to investigate and prevent instances of facilities involuntarily secluding residents, [...]
Incomplete Dx could mean denials. Whenever a patient has pain in any limb — arm or leg — you’ll be making your code choice from a single diagnosis coding family for just about every iteration of the condition. The code [...]
Denials likely to head your way without detailed Dx. If a patient has pain in any limb — arm or leg — there is a single diagnosis coding family for just about every iteration of the condition. The code set [...]
Question: How should I report a diagnosis of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder? Montana Subscriber Answer: It depends on the type of TMJ disorder, and the laterality of the condition. First, you’ll code unspecified TMJ disorders with one of the following [...]
Question: How should I report a diagnosis of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder? North Dakota Subscriber Answer: It depends on the type of TMJ disorder and the laterality of the condition. First, you’ll code unspecified TMJ disorders with one of the [...]
Question: How should I report a diagnosis of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder? Arizona Subscriber Answer: It depends on the type of TMJ disorder, and the laterality of the condition. First, you’ll code unspecified TMJ disorders with one of the following [...]
Question: How should I report a diagnosis of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder? Montana Subscriber Answer: It depends on the type of TMJ disorder, and the laterality of the condition. First, you’ll code unspecified TMJ disorders with one of the following [...]
Arm yourself for coding battle with this limb pain primer. Since ICD-10’s implementation, patients reporting to your practice with limb pain are more of a coding challenge than ever. Why? Specificity might dictate that you use more than a single [...]
ICD-10 presents chance for greater specificity on extremity pain. Coding for limb pain when ICD-9 was still the diagnosis law of the land was complicated enough. Since ICD-10’s implementation, however, limb pain patients are more of a potential coding challenge [...]
