MENSTRUAL AND OTHER FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERS WITH CC/MCC DRG Code 760

Hint: You must know if the patient also has angina pectoris or not. Coding for atherosclerosis can be complicated. ICD-10-CM offers many different codes to choose from, and you must know specific details such as which artery is affected, what [...]

Hint: You must know if the patient also has angina pectoris or not. Coding for atherosclerosis can be complicated. ICD-10-CM offers many different codes to choose from, and you must know specific details such as which artery is affected, what [...]

Medicare premiums and deductibles may be going up for 2024, but a potential cost-based barrier to provider appeals won’t. Amount in controversy (AIC) rates are updated annually and often increase based on inflation. For the second year in a row, [...]

If inflation has hit your practice hard, we’ve got some good news for you on Medicare appeals fees. Update: Amount in controversy (AIC) rates are updated annually and often increase based on inflation. For a second year in a row, [...]

Question: I recently read an article about the potential benefits orthobiologics for patients recovering from damaged tendons. Do you have any examples of the use of this up-and-coming treatment option? Pennsylvania Subscriber Answer: A study published in the Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine on [...]

Like many costs these days, an Administrative Law Judge-related expense will go up next year. Currently, the amount in controversy (AIC) threshold stands at $180 for ALJ hearings, and that number will stay the same for calendar year 2023, according [...]

Report 92943 and +92944 for chronic total occlusion. In the session “Cardiovascular Pathophysiology Diagnostics and Therapeutic Procedures” during Regional HEALTHCON 2022, speaker Tyler Griffeth, CPC, CPRC, coding consultant at Intermountain Healthcare, discussed many types of cardiovascular diseases and treatment options. [...]

Hint: Some otherwise familiar codes may require an additional character come Oct. 1. Pediatric coders don’t have to worry about many of the almost 1,100 new diagnosis codes going into effect Oct. 1, 2022. But there are a handful that [...]

And find out which familiar codes now require an additional character. Of the almost 1,500 proposed coding changes to ICD-10-CM, more than 1,100 are new diagnosis codes for 2023. Luckily, pediatric coders won’t have to digest quite that many, but [...]

Filing an administrative law judge (ALJ) request next year just got a little bit easier. You can expect the amount in controversy (AIC) to stay the same on Jan. 1. Reminder: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) determines [...]