MALIGNANCY, MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM WITH MCC DRG Code 722

The fallout from the Change Healthcare cyberattack might finally be starting to wind down. “Payments under the Accelerated and Advance Payment (AAP) Program for the Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) will conclude on July 12, 2024,” the Centers for Medicare [...]

Look for lots of new options for coding aortic aneurysms. Remember, new ICD-10-CM codes go into effect Oct. 1, annually. Take careful note of these new codes and other code updates to make sure your diagnosis code assignments for these [...]

Hint: You’ll see new code I20.2 for refractory angina pectoris. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the new ICD-10-CM 2023 codes. Not only will you gain 22 new aortic aneurysm codes, but you will also see [...]

Hint: You’ll see new code I20.2 for refractory angina pectoris. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the new ICD-10-CM 2023 codes. Not only will you gain 22 new aortic aneurysm codes, but you will also see [...]

At issue: Whether to report intravitreal injections with E/M services. Some eye care practices are so accustomed to tacking modifier 25 onto their E/M services that they don’t always stop to check whether their documentation supports its use. But appending [...]

Here’s your second look at how familiar codes will change in October. The time until the new ICD-10 updates go into effect is counting down, with October 1 as the official implementation date. Last month we looked at how your [...]

Question: What diagnosis codes can we submit for a patient who presents with a subluxation of the lumbar and sacral spine with degeneration of disc(s) in the lumbar region? Mississippi Subscriber Answer: You can report 739.3 (Nonallopathic lesions of lumbar region, not [...]

Question: A patient presents with a subluxation of the lumbar and sacral spine with degeneration of disc(s) in the lumbar region, and the chiropractor performs CMT to the lumbar and sacral spine. Which codes do we report? Mississippi Subscriber Answer: You can [...]

Question: A patient presents with a subluxation of the lumbar and sacral spine with degeneration of disc(s) in the lumbar region, and the chiropractor performs CMT to the lumbar and sacral spine. Which codes do we report? Mississippi Subscriber Answer: [...]

Heads up: Get ready for more choices with ICD-10. “Schmorl’s nodes” might not be a term you hear every day, but it’s actually a condition that affects about 30 percent of the population. ICD-9 includes several diagnosis codes for Schmorl’s [...]