Question: A patient presented with swelling from their left knee down to their foot and severe pain. The radiologist captured anteroposterior (AP), posteroanterior (PA), and lateral views of the left foot and ankle to check for fractures. The impressions are negative [...]
Question: A patient presented with swelling from their left knee down to their foot and severe pain. The radiologist captured anteroposterior (AP), posteroanterior (PA), and lateral views of the left foot and ankle to check for fractures. The impressions are negative [...]
Question: An established patient presents to the office complaining of pain in their right foot and toes, and pain in their left foot. The provider orders X-rays for both feet (3 views of the right foot, 2 views of the left [...]
Question: An established patient presents to the office complaining of pain in their right foot and toes, and pain in their left foot. The orthopedist and orders X-rays for both feet; a complete X-ray for the right foot, and a [...]
Question: Which ICD-10-CM code should I report for Charcot foot? Louisiana Subscriber Answer: You can choose from the following codes for Charcot foot, depending upon which foot is affected: M14.671 (Charcot’s joint, right ankle and foot) M14.672 (Charcot’s joint, left [...]
Get to know how these new CMS proposed rules might affect your practice. Fee schedule changes to most evaluation and management (E/M) services have been relatively safe from CMS intervention over the past few years. As for 2019, however, it’s [...]
Hint: Proposal causes one pulmonary practice in our sample to lose $93,000 in one year. Pulmonology practices have been able to rest easy during the past few years’ worth of fee schedule changes, but this year may have thrown a [...]
Don't be surprised if you get some pointed billing questions from your patients. The HHS Office of Inspector General's Senior Medicare Patrol projects educated 1.5 million seniors on how to detect and report potential Medicare fraud last year, according to [...]
Don’t be surprised if you get some pointed billing questions from your patients. The HHS Office of Inspector General’s Senior Medicare Patrol projects educated 1.5 million seniors on how to detect and report potential Medicare fraud last year, according to [...]
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 [...]
