And note numerous new contact dermatitis codes for your patients with stomas. With all the breakthroughs that have occurred with cellular therapy in recent years, it’s not surprising that ICD-10-CM has now updated to allow you to document the applicable [...]
Know what makes Z codes different from other ICD-10 codes. Residents are admitted to nursing facilities for all sorts of reasons, and diagnosis codes are crucial for reimbursement under the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM). However, a resident’s actual diagnosis may [...]
Follow these Dx coding changes starting October 1. CMS recently published its list of the new ICD-10 2019 codes, which will go into effect on October 1, 2018. The lowdown: There are several areas in which your neurology/pain management practice [...]
Add new codes I63.81 and I63.89 to your knowledge base. The field of cardiology may not have been hugely affected by the 2019 ICD-10 revisions, but that’s no reason to ignore them, according to Christina Neighbors, MA, CPC, CCC, Coding [...]
Hint: Don’t miss new codes I63.81 and I63.89. CMS recently published its list of new ICD-10 2019 codes, but they won’t go into effect until Oct. 1, 2018. Although there were minimal ICD-10 2019 revisions and additions regarding cardiology, it’s [...]
Don’t miss new codes for hereditary cerebrovascular diseases. CMS recently published its list of the new ICD-10 2019 codes, but they won’t go into effect until Oct. 1, 2018. Read on to learn how these 280 new codes and 170 [...]
Employ these crucial codes into your radiology coding repertoire in time for 2019. Staying on top of the vast number of new and revised ICD-10 codes arriving in October should always be a priority for radiology coders. Depending on your [...]
Z codes are your keys to documenting chronic conditions or underlying physical or social circumstances that can affect a patient’s current health status or treatment. ICD-10 classifies Z codes into 16 general categories, as follows: 1. Contact/Exposure: When a patient [...]
Pay for 3 of your most common vaccine codes will rise. Your physician should be smiling about the vaccine reimbursement amounts for 2012 -- CMS gave practices a break with updates to its seasonal influenza vaccine pricing. CMS payment changes related [...]
Plus: This MAC may accidentally double-request overpayments.Good news for physicians who administer flu shots--CMS seems inclined to give practices a break with some of its recent updates to the seasonal influenza vaccines pricing, which is in effect from Sept. 1, [...]
