Plus: Hospice stiffed its workers too, DOL says. If you were wondering how hard the feds are coming down on wage-related home care infractions, a group of cases this month will show you. Case #1: A Pennsylvania federal court has [...]
Question: Can you explain how inpatient admissions are assigned to Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MSDRGs) 945 and 946 with the ICD-10 MS-DRGs? There are no longer diagnosis codes for encounters for rehabilitation, as was the case with ICD-9-CM codes. Illinois [...]
Question: Can you explain how inpatient admissions are assigned to Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MSDRGs) 945 and 946 with the ICD-10 MS-DRGs? There are no longer diagnosis codes for encounters for rehabilitation, as was the case with ICD-9-CM codes. [...]
Question: Can you explain how inpatient admissions are assigned to Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs) 945 and 946 with the ICD-10 MS-DRGs? There are no longer diagnosis codes for encounters for rehabilitation, as was the case with ICD-9-CM codes. Texas [...]
Question: I would like to know how to code drop foot, secondary to spinal surgery. Would it be coded as: 997.09 (Other nervous system complications) 736.79 (Other acquired deformities of ankle and foot; other) 956.9 (Injury to unspecified nerve of [...]
Some of the new codes may help you with ICD-10. With ICD-10 looming around the corner, don't forget that you still have to keep up with ICD-9 updates, too. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued 141 new [...]
Looking for new sepsis or poisoning codes? The new crop of diagnoses could be just what you need. If youve felt like your infection coding could use a tune-up, the new batch of ICD-9 codes delivers, with 12 new codes [...]
Stop using the obsolete QV modifier for PET scansIf you like your carrier's Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for a particular service, now you can encourage Medicare to adopt it nationally. New LCDs may be eligible to be National Coverage Determinations [...]
Stop using the obsolete QV modifier for PET scans.If you like your carrier's Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for a particular service, now you can encourage Medicare to adopt it nationally. New LCDs may be eligible to become National Coverage Determinations [...]
The final region determinations will be key factors in health plans' Medicare success.Health plans interested in taking part in the revamped Medicare program have some good news: The mammoth regulations explaining how the program will work are now out. The Centers [...]
