OTHER MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM O.R. PROCEDURES FOR MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/MCC DRG Code 716

DOL is onto agencies’ tricks such as misclassifying employees and neglecting to combine hours between locations. Failing to pay overtime and minimum wage has socked two Texas home care agencies with a hefty $1 million bill. Alegre Home Health Care [...]

Question: When researching codes for lumbar facet osteoarthritis, I found 721.3 and 716.98. Can you tell me which is correct?  Indiana Subscriber  Answer: First, query your physician to determine if the terms “osteoarthritis” and “spondylosis” are being used interchangeably in relationship to [...]

Question: When researching codes for lumbar facet osteoarthritis, I found 721.3 and 716.98. Can you tell me which is correct?  Indiana Subscriber  Answer: First, query your physician to determine if the terms “osteoarthritis” and “spondylosis” are being used interchangeably in relationship [...]

Tip: Stay ahead in the documentation race. Some providers may be breathing a sigh of relief, while others may be muttering under their breath — but whatever your level of ICD-10 readiness, you will have to face the latest ICD-10 [...]

Hint: These closed/open guidelines are the same — the displaced/nondisplaced guidelines are new. You’re most likely making headway with your ICD-10 preparations. Check your answers with ours, and see how you fared. Expand Your 715.xx Codes into Multiple Categories Answer [...]

Hint: These closed/open guidelines are the same — the displaced/nondisplaced guidelines are new. You’re most likely making headway with your ICD-10 preparations. Check your answers with ours, and see how you fared. Expand Your 715.xx Codes into Multiple Categories Answer [...]

ICD-10 no longer has group unspecified locations alongside the specific locations for each type, You may be used to choosing your osteoarthrosis based on anatomical location and status, but that all changes in ICD-10. Find out how to navigate the [...]

Question: A patient was admitted for a total hip replacement because of arthritis of the hip. Just prior to the surgery, he developed a fever so the physician ordered tests. His chest X-ray showed pneumonia. The patient was discharged and [...]

Question:  Our physician wrote “knee pain” and “arthritis left knee” as a diagnosis. Would I use the 715 (Osteoarthrosis and allied disorders) or 716 (Other and unspecified arthropathies) category to code this? New Mexico Subscriber Answer:  “Knee pain” would be [...]

Pay attention to the modifier indicator to determine which ones you can override and which you can’t. Every new year brings new, altered, and deleted codes that you must learn in order to keep your otolaryngologist’s reimbursement rolling in. And, [...]