Tip: Check VA financial enrollment, then evaluate billing. If you are treating patients under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) and not receiving reimbursement, ensure electronic funds transfer (EFT) is properly set up [...]
Question: Encounter notes indicate that the physician treated a patient with “cystic meniscus, R knee.” How do I choose an ICD-10 code for this condition? AAPC Forum Subscriber Answer: While you’ve got two-thirds of the diagnosis already in the notes, finding that [...]
Hint: Don’t forget you may need to query a physician. Compare your answers with these solutions. Solution 1: The key to correctly coding this scenario is knowing whether the patient has two distinct lesions, or if the cancer is overlapping [...]
Hone your skills with the following solutions. After you’ve answered the preceding quiz questions, compare your thoughts with the following expert responses. Solution 1: The key to correctly coding this scenario is knowing whether the patient has two distinct lesions, [...]
See if your ICD-10-CM guideline knowledge is passable. After you’ve answered the quiz questions on page 3, compare your answers with the following solutions. Solution 1: The key to correctly coding this scenario is knowing whether the patient has two [...]
See if it’s time to brush up your ICD-10-CM guideline knowledge. Once you’ve answered the quiz questions on page 3, compare your answers with the ones provided below. Answer 1: The general guidelines accompanying ICD-10-CM Chapter 2 tell you that, [...]
Question: Our retinal doctor performed surgery for retinal detachment (67108) and said the diagnosis is “retinal detachment with occult breaks of the right eye.” Would that be coded as a single break? The op note states that no definitive retinal [...]
‘Other’ cervical disc disorders call for M50.8-. When a patient has a cervical disc disorder, the coder will likely have some digging to do — through the encounter notes and the ICD-10 code book. Why? Coders can choose from a [...]
Report M50.8- for‘other’ cervical disc disorders. Patients reporting to the practice with cervical disc disorders may have pain in the spinal area; the diagnosis coding for these patients can be a pain in the neck for coders, too. How? The [...]
‘Other’ cervical disc disorders call for M50.8-. Patients reporting to the practice with cervical disc disorders can be a pain in the neck for coders — at least when it comes to choosing an ICD-10 code for the condition. How? [...]
