Patients can receive life-saving treatment in minutes. On Jan. 2, 2023, the world watched as Damar Hamlin experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) on the football field on national television. Medical personnel leapt into action performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and [...]
While personal care service agencies are the most frequent targets of Department of Labor investigations, hospices are not immune. Case in point: Puerto Rico hospice Hospicio la Fe, consisting of Hospicio en el Hogar Fe in Manati and Esperanza de [...]
Plus: Hospice stiffed its workers too, DOL says. If you were wondering how hard the feds are coming down on wage-related home care infractions, a group of cases this month will show you. Case #1: A Pennsylvania federal court has [...]
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 [...]
Don’t miss this Excludes1 note underneath M25.6. If you’re used to reporting 719.5x right now, then you should know that your stiffness in joint NEC codes explode after October 1. ICD-9-CM Codes: Currently, you should report these codes with: 719.50, [...]
Get to know five more common ED diagnoses and their ICD-10 updates. According to the latest news, ICD-10’s official implementation date will be Oct. 1, 2015, and you should stop hoping for a delay. Like many medical practices, the American [...]
Your choice of pain code will depend on the system where the pain occurs After much discussion about a possible implementation delay, ICD-10 is ready to go on October 1 of this year. As your ED coding team makes final [...]
Here’s why you need modifier 22 for the necrotic bone graft from the prior fixation. If you’re used to total knee replacement (TKR) op notes, an unusual case might send you into a panic. Take a deep breath. Break down [...]
Provide clarification of exact location and cause of back pain. ICD-10 implementation may have been delayed, but for those of you who have already gotten your training, this ongoing series can help reinforce your content knowledge. Otherwise this introduction to [...]
If you're a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility, you might want to re-examine your billing practices.The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) certainly found issues with CORF ABC Total Rehabilitation Care Inc.'s Medicare therapy payments.Out of 88 sampled claims, ABC received [...]
