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In addition to axing some items at followup, CMS will also add a few. Just when you are getting used to the significant changes in OASIS-D, it’s time to start thinking about the next update to the patient assessment tool. [...]

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 [...]

EHR vendor's shoddy software causes false claims - and a $155 million fine. Data drives healthcare today and helps Part B providers improve the delivery of care. For honest clinicians, the captured data that health IT harnesses can be a [...]

Feds continue to shine a spotlight on the opioid epidemic. Practices rely heavily on technology to help improve the delivery of care and expedite the claims submission process. For honest providers hoping to utilize the captured data to promote more [...]

Be well versed in anatomy to differentiate tendon from nerve codes. Hand and wrist surgery operative reports can be overwhelming from a coding perspective, particularly when the surgeon performs more than 10 procedures during the session. Here’s the key to [...]

Learn to differentiate tendon codes from nerve codes by studying your anatomy. Hand and wrist surgery operative reports can be overwhelming, particularly when the surgeon performs more than 10 procedures. Here’s the key to keeping your claims in order — [...]

Residents in central south states more likely to get antipsychotic prescriptions. Overall about 22 percent of nursing home residents were prescribed antipsychotic drugs in 2009-2010, but residents in the south central states were more likely to receive these drugs than [...]

Residents in central south states more likely to get antipsychotic prescriptions. Overall about 22% of nursing home residents were prescribed antipsychotic drugs in 2009-2010, but residents in the south central states were more likely to receive these drugs than those [...]

Question: Can you help with this scenario? The operative note has the following for diagnosis:Laceration flexor carpi radialis.Laceration musculotendinous junction of the extensor digitorum superficialis tendon.Laceration sensory radial nerve.Brachioradialis laceration.The procedures performed by our surgeon are as follows:Repair flexor carpi [...]

Question What ICD-9 code do we report when there is a large laceration which is partially circumferential around right arm and along the flexor and ulnar side of forearm? Laceration appears to involve the palmarislongis and injury through flexor carpi [...]