Familiarizing yourself with recent coding updates will be the key to a successful new year. Throughout 2023, Podiatry Coding Alert has worked hard to educate you on the new codes, especially the significant shift in time coding for office/outpatient evaluation [...]
Also: check out the new guidance for reporting COPD. Last month, we covered the office/outpatient time changes you can expect in 2024, but can you recall the new ICD-10 codes that took effect Apr. 1, 2023? How about the ones [...]
Familiarizing yourself with recent coding updates will be the key to a successful new year. Over the past year, you’ve learned about newly introduced codes and a major change when it comes to coding for time during office/outpatient evaluation and [...]
In one case, a criminal deposited fraudulent checks after pleading guilty. If you’re wondering why states are cracking down on Medicaid fraud, look no further than a case in Minnesota. Attorney General Keith Ellison has charged five persons linked to [...]
And discover which codes are now unbillable parent codes. What happens outside a patient’s point of care can have a significant impact on their overall health and well-being. And thanks to the latest ICD-10-CM code update, when your eye care [...]
If your provider suspects — or patients confirm — various social determinants of health (SDoH), financial abuse, maltreatment, or neglect, then, as of April 1, 2023, there are 42 new ICD-10-CM codes to use. Keep reading to find out which [...]
Question: Have new codes been recently added to ICD-10-CM? I thought new codes only came into effect on October 1 every year. Tennessee Subscriber Answer: Historically, ICD-10-CM released new codes annually for use effective October 1, but in September 2021, the Centers [...]
Question: Someone told me that there are new ICD-10-CM codes effective in April, but I thought new codes only came out in October. Which is correct? Georgia Subscriber Answer: It is true that some new ICD-10-CM codes become effective April 1, but [...]
Question: Have new codes been recently added to ICD-10-CM? I thought new codes only came into effect on October 1 every year. Tennessee Subscriber Answer: Historically, ICD-10-CM released new codes annually for use effective October 1, but in September 2021, the Centers [...]
Plus: See how financial difficulty is incorporated into several new codes. Starting April 1, 2023, 42 new ICD-10-CM codes go into effect. Changes were light this time around, but as family practice coders, you’re sure to find many of these [...]
