Warning: Your agency's small size won't save you from HIPAA penalties. If your medical records vendor gets caught violating patient privacy laws, you'd better make sure you have a business associate agreement in place to protect you. In the news: [...]
There’re might not be many updates, but you’ll be glad to see them. CMS has released its “first look” at updates to ICD-10 that will become effective on Oct. 1, 2017, including some welcome shifts for urology coders. Read on [...]
Warning: Your agency’s small size won’t save you from HIPAA penalties. If your medical records vendor gets caught violating patient privacy laws, you’d better make sure you have a business associate agreement in place to protect you. In the news: [...]
Look at the risks before you implement a BAA versus confidentiality agreement. Once trust is lost, it’s hard to get it back. And that’s why it’s critical to have business associate agreements in place that protect you and your livelihood [...]
Heads up: Don’t ignore categories with associated signs and symptoms. A patient who suffers from carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is experiencing a compression neuropathy. This compression can lead to paresthesia, pain, numbness, and other symptoms in the distribution of the [...]
Look to the tabular index for your best choice. When a patient suffers from carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), she has a compression neuropathy. This can cause paresthesia, pain, numbness, and other symptoms in the distribution of the median nerve, possibly [...]
Don’t miss this Excludes1 note under the G56 category. When your orthopedist treats carpal tunnel syndrome, you now have several diagnosis options, based on the patient’s situation. Take a quick glance at how these diagnosis codes transitioned under ICD-10 back [...]
Don’t miss this Excludes1 note under the G56 category. When your orthopedist treats carpal tunnel syndrome, you now have several diagnosis options, based on the patient’s situation. Take a quick glance at how these diagnosis codes transitioned under ICD-10 back [...]
Here’s how to justify every level of treatment. Heel pain affects nearly two2 million Americans, which means it’s not uncommon for practitioners to be consulted if the pain escalates. The most common form of hindfoot pain is plantar fasciitis, a [...]
Here’s how to justify every level of treatment. Heel pain affects nearly 2 million Americans, which means it’s not uncommon for a neurologist or pain management specialist to be consulted if the pain escalates. The most common form of hindfoot [...]
