THYROID, PARATHYROID AND THYROGLOSSAL PROCEDURES WITH CC DRG Code 626

Here’s how to get time on your side. In 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which included College of American Pathology- (CAP-) developed pathology consultation codes. The AMA worked closely [...]

From vomiting to pressure ulcers, new codes debuted in October for these conditions. Although the 2020 ICD-10 codes have been in effect since October 1, it’s possible you haven’t had occasion to report many of them yet. Therefore, it’s a [...]

Never report injury codes from Chapter 19 for injuries that occur during a medical intervention. In Podiatry Coding and Billing Alert Vol. 11, No. 9, you learned all about the ICD-10 2020 codes and what you should expect in your [...]

Report new code L89.506 for pressure-induced deep tissue damage of an unspecified ankle. CMS recently published its list of the new ICD-10 2020 codes, but they won’t go into effect until Oct. 1, 2019. Read on to check out how [...]

This year’s diagnosis code revisions won’t hurt a bit. The good news about this year’s ICD-10-CM tabular addenda, which highlights changes to the 2020 code set, is that the changes are manageable. “The 2020 Tabular Addenda is only 36 pages, [...]

Kindred Healthcare Inc. is expending its home care and hospice presence after buying Gentiva last year. The Louisville, Ky.-based company paid the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control about $18 million for licenses to provide home health services [...]

Question: Patient came for her well woman check up. She also had amenorrhea and intrauterine device (IUD) removal. I billed this encounter with 99395, 88142 with V72.31, 99213-25 with 626.0, and 58301 with 626.0, V25.12. Is this correct? Georgia Subscriber Answer: No. [...]

Question: A 48-year-old female, fearing she has H1N1, reports to the ED complaining of weakness and fatigue; she rates her fatigue at 8 on a scale of 10, saying “I can barely get out of bed.” After a level three E/M [...]

Question: The patient had miscarried about two weeks prior, but also had a pregnancy a prior pregnancy loss six months prior. When she continued to bleed, the ob-gyn performed an endometrial biopsy. The path report showed placental site nodule and proliferative [...]

Question: The patient had miscarried about two weeks prior, but also had a pregnancy a prior pregnancy loss six months prior. When she continued to bleed, the ob-gyn performed an endometrial biopsy. The path report showed placental site nodule and proliferative [...]