Hint: Don’t generalize the condition with other eating disorders. If your clinician diagnoses a patient with “pica,” you will have to delve into documentation to check the age of the patient, as this will affect your code selection in ICD-10. [...]
Question: Often, a parent will come in just for a baby’s weight check, but after the nurse weighs the baby, she’ll have to answer a long list of questions from the mother. How can we get paid for this time [...]
Tip: Heeding local payer criteria for testing is crucial for getting paid. If you gastro reports H. pylori tests, you’ll need to ensure that you know when you are eligible to claim the tests, how to report various aspects of [...]
Tip: Keep in mind that payers may vary widely on this topic. If you gastro reports H. pylori tests, you’ll need to ensure that you know when you are eligible to claim the tests, how to report various aspects of [...]
Tip: Keep an eye on the clock to ensure you’re billing accurately for time spent. It’s hard enough to determine when you can report both a sick and well child visit during the same encounter, but even more challenging if [...]
If you perform these services, go beyond the E/M codes to boost your revenue. Although the E/M codes are the bread and butter for pediatric practices, that doesn’t mean your procedures should always be rolled into your E/M services. In [...]
Point of origin is the primary criterion to decide the correct code. Changing lifestyle and environmental factors have led to greater incidences of cancer encounters in your pulmonology practice and you may be struggling to keep track of the various [...]
Debility, Adult Failure To Thrive, Dementia codes and more will get your claim kicked back to you under new edits. You must rid your hospice claims of banned diagnoses, or you’ll shortly pay the price in reduced cash flow. The [...]
Debility, Adult Failure to Thrive, Dementia codes and more will get your claim kicked back to you under new edits. You have only about two short weeks to rid your hospice claims of banned diagnoses, or you’ll pay the price [...]
Debility, Adult Failure To Thrive, Dementia codes and more will get your claim kicked back to you under new edits. You have only about three short weeks to rid your hospice claims of banned diagnoses, or you’ll pay the price [...]
