Courts aren’t afraid to levy big CMPs for ‘willful violations.’ A Virginia home care agency is learning the hard way that it can’t skirt overtime laws. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has directed 1st Adult [...]
Question: What diagnosis code should we report for CRPS of the chest wall? Texas Subscriber Answer: If your provider’s documentation clearly mentions CRPS type I (complex regional pain syndrome) of the chest wall, ICD-9 code 337.29 (Reflex sympathetic dystrophy of [...]
Question: What diagnosis code should we report for CRPS of the chest wall? Texas Subscriber Answer: If your provider’s documentation clearly mentions CRPS type I (complex regional pain syndrome) of the chest wall, ICD-9 code 337.29 (Reflex sympathetic dystrophy of other specified [...]
Check the index to keep fluid retention coding on track. The next time you code edema, check to see if the documentation clarifies whether it is localized or generalized. If not, it’s time for a documentation tune-up so you’re ready [...]
Question: What is the best diagnosis code for allodynia? Alabama Subscriber Answer: Allodynia is a condition characterized by the patient feeling pain caused by a stimulus that is not usually painful (such as light). Allodynia is covered by the more general term [...]
Check the index to keep fluid retention coding on track. The next time you code edema, check to see if the documentation clarifies whether it is localized or generalized. If not, it’s time for a documentation tune-up so you’re ready [...]
Question: Our surgeon diagnosed a patient with a verruca formation on the right middle finger, dorsal PIP level, and a smaller nodule formation with a possible verruca to the dorsal right middle finger. He documented excising a large verruca to the [...]
Question: Our surgeon diagnosed a patient with a verruca formation on the right middle finger, dorsal PIP level, and a smaller nodule formation with a possible verruca to the dorsal right middle finger. He documented excising a large verruca to [...]
Look at associated symptoms until your physician gets to the final diagnosis. Though ICD-10 offers a direct one-to-one match for multiple sclerosis, you have to keep options open to report symptoms. This is because it may take a while for [...]
Tip: Get to know when you can code fracture care instead of just strapping. With school starting again and student athletes becoming active, your podiatrist is sure to start to bring out the tape to treat injured toes and feet. [...]
