Hint:Get the unit of service right. A colon resection pathology report might represent multiple distinct services. You can’t afford to miss reimbursement for every separate procedure, so study the following case to make sure you get the coding right. Pre-Op [...]
Question: Our physician recently administered 146 mg of Eloxatin to help treat a patient’s colorectal cancer. What is the correct way to code this amount of the drug? Florida Subscriber Answer: Eloxatin is a brand name for oxaliplatin, an alkylating [...]
Plus: Another hospital exits hospice. The hospice market continues to be busy. Take a look at three recent deals: In Louisiana: Baton Rouge-based Amedisys Inc. has closed its acquisition of Asana Hospice, with eight locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Missouri, [...]
Chains focus on hospice development. Home care and hospice companies didn’t take a holiday break from mergers and acquisitions. Take a look at three recent deals: In Louisiana: Baton Rouge-based Amedisys Inc. has closed its acquisition of Asana Hospice, with [...]
Tip: Focus on the nail to make an accurate choice. Test your knowledge on the multitude of codes for open wound of the toe by looking at the questions below. Remember that damage to toenail and associated infections are distinguishing [...]
Hint: Make sure you know whether the patient has nail damage or not. Reporting diagnosis codes for open wounds of the toe can be challenging because there is so much information you must know such as whether the patient sustained [...]
Hint: Remember to apply modifier JW. New year, new problems? Hardly. Coding chemotherapy claims remains a complicated task for oncology coders. If you’re missing any details about the administration, medications, and underlying conditions, you could be setting yourself up for [...]
Just keep waiting on those CoP Interpretive Guidelines. Home health agency survey citations are racking up, and yet the Interpretive Guidelines for surveyors regarding the new Home Health Conditions of Participation that took effect in January are still not out. [...]
Most specialties will be asked to submit six total measures including one outcome measure and one cross-cutting measure. However, these measures apply exclusively to patient-facing physicians. So, for radiology providers, two additional high priority measures can be used in their [...]
Find out why your coding for item G0110E1 is now more important than ever before. Two important new quality measures (QMs) appeared on the Nursing Home Compare website in April and will begin to impact your Five-Star Quality Rating in [...]
