One ophthalmologist in our sampling would lose $39,000 a year under the new proposal. Although eye care practices have the option of reporting either ophthalmological services codes or E/M codes for their patient encounters, many ophthalmologists and optometrists bill the [...]
Start thinking in terms of 'agranulocytosis.'Once ICD-10-CM replaces ICD-9-CM in 2014, not only will you have more options to report neutropenia, but you'll also need to be ready to report every character of adverse effect code T45.1X5-. Here are the [...]
Start thinking in terms of 'agranulocytosis.'Once ICD-10-CM replaces ICD-9-CM in 2014, not only will you have more options to report neutropenia, but you'll also need to be ready to report every character of adverse effect code T45.1X5-. Here are the [...]
Coagulation factor deficiency coding requires a look at the index.ICD-10-CM code D68.4 has the same definition as ICD-9-CM code 286.7. That's not the end of the coding story, though. Here's how D68.32 fits into the picture, too.ICD-9-CM code:286.7, Acquired coagulation [...]
HIE, blood codes specify type, baby. You'll want to update neonatologists on encephalopathy's code expansion and two hematological code revisions. When newborn disease is associated with hypoxicischemic encephalopathy [HIE] (768.7), your charge tickets will need to capture the type as: [...]
A newborn's condition can change from normal to sick to normal again before the infant leaves the hospital. Accurately coding these transitions in the health of neonates depends on carefully monitoring and reporting the progression of services a pediatrician provides [...]
Effective Oct. 30, 2000, evaluation and management (E/M) services performed at the same time as procedures that do not have a global period are considered bundled to those procedures unless they are significant and separately identifiable and have modifier -25 [...]
By A.D. Jacobson, MD, FAAP Chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) section on administration and practice management, A.D. Jacobson, MD, FAAP, is a full-time pediatrician as well as a coding expert. He served on the AAPs coding and [...]
