DRG Deleted Code Details 767

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Question: Please suggest an appropriate ICD-9 code for a subgaleal aponeurosis hematoma in a newborn child. Alaska Subscriber Answer: For a subgaleal aponeurosis hematoma, report 767.11 (Epicranial subaponeurotic hemorrhage [massive]). You report this code for subgaleal hemorrhage that has its [...]

Find out if you can report an E code as a primary diagnosis.Sometimes it may seem as if there's an ICD-9 code for everything, but it can be difficult to find the one you're looking for when you need it. [...]

Can you find the diagnosis codes in this patient's history? Sometimes it may seem as if there's an ICD-9 code for everything, but it can be difficult to find the one you-re looking for when you need it. Grab your [...]

Expert answers to 3 fracture FAQs seal the dealSeeing physician documentation with cryptic terms such as "Colles' fracture," "buckle fracture," "Pott's," and  "Torus radius" can lose you proper payment unless you can assign the correct diagnosis codes to these conditions. [...]

New ICD-9 codes for 2004 will allow you to report several conditions or circumstances, including muscle weakness and converted surgeries, and in one case will simplify coding by eliminating a fifth digit from an already-existing diagnosis.  There really are no [...]

A new code will finally allow physicians to specify a diagnosis of muscle weakness. Now, if a patient presents to your practice complaining of muscle weakness, your only choice is to report the code for "unspecified disorder," 728.9 (Unspecified disorder [...]

New and revised ICD9 Codes for 2002 in several categories, such as sore throats, bronchitis and asthma, tooth disorders, gastrointestinal, skin and neonatal, will be of interest to pediatricians. CMS announced that the new codes may be used on medical [...]

According to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), more than 60 percent of their members report they provide newborn care immediately following delivery and that they follow up with these young patients in the ensuing days and weeks. Several [...]

Comprehensive nursing facility assessments (99301, 99302 and 99303) have been known to confound the most expert coder because they dont always follow the same rules that govern other evaluation and management (E/M) codes. There are a number of issues that [...]