Did a nurse delivery the baby? Here’s the modifier you should use. Have you received a delivery claim and now you’re automatically looking at the global ob codes? Not so fast. Sometimes extenuating circumstances require you to choose from itemized [...]
Question: The podiatrist documented that the patient has a bunionette on her left foot. Which ICD-10 code should I report for this condition? Pennsylvania Subscriber Answer: You should report M21.622 (Bunionette of left foot) for this condition. Bunionette defined: A [...]
Question: An established patient who has a temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder reports for an evaluation and management (E/M) service. Notes indicate that the condition was, specifically, “TMJ, arthralgia, 2-sided.” During the E/M, the provider performed a problem-focused examination and history. [...]
Question: An established patient who has a temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder reports for an evaluation and management (E/M) service. Notes indicate that the condition was, specifically, “TMJ, arthralgia, 2-sided.” During the E/M, the provider performed a problem-focused examination and history. What [...]
Question: An established patient who has a temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder reports for an evaluation and management (E/M) service. Notes indicate that the condition was, specifically, “TMJ, arthralgia, 2-sided.” During the E/M, the provider performed a problem-focused examination and history. What [...]
Don’t miss: There are special ICD-10 codes you should use when reporting bunionettes. In your podiatry office, you may encounter patients who suffer from bunions, a very painful and common condition. You will have several CPT® and ICD-10 options when [...]
CMS wants you to avoid the problems outlined in the OIG report. Does your hospital outpatient department submit claims for patient encounters that include both outpatient right heart catheterizations (RHCs) and heart biopsies? If so, CMS wants you to know [...]
Follow this strategy and earn $136 for each contact lens procedure. Reporting the typical contact lens fitting codes won’t be enough to describe your eye care physician’s work fitting lenses for a patient with keratoconus — so knowing how to [...]
Take Heart: You’re Getting Brand New Codes for Bunion & Bunionette in 2017 Think your podiatry practice aced ICD-10 just because you haven’t seen many denials since last October? Think again. CMS is about to play ICD-10 for real. October [...]
Wait for final code set to release in June. If you are aware, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently posted a preliminary list of ICD-10-CM changes for October 1 (aka ICD-10-CM 2017). The list is voluminous [...]
