Multiple I&D will mean 10061. When your provider performs incision and drainage (I&D) for an ED patient, coders need to be ready to roll with knowledge on the definitions of each code. Failure to separate I&D by type could result [...]
Big salary threshold jump for white-collar exemption in flux. The legal and regulatory back-and-forth on the so-called white-collar exemption requirements isn't over yet. Recap: On Oct. 30, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor appealed an August 2017 federal district court's [...]
Plus: Hundreds of HHAs still slacking on VBP. Medicare’s proposed rule for 2017 home health prospective payment holds a number of significant changes ranging from a payment cut to Value-Based Purchasing revisions to an outlier calculation revamp. Don’t miss your [...]
Good news: CMS will be flexible on absolute accuracy in your code assignments. If your ED practice is still hoping for last minute reprieve from transitioning to ICD-10 on Oct. 1, you can let go of that dream; but you [...]
CMS and AMA promise 4 concessions to ease the transition. Breathe easy, for CMS and the AMA have come forward with four surprise concessions to help providers in their seamless transition to ICD-10 coding. In a press release on July [...]
Ease off the burden with these 4 concessions that hold good for one year. Breathe easy, for CMS and the AMA have come forward with four surprise concessions to help the providers in their seamless transition to ICD-10 coding. In [...]
Hundreds are left scrambling toward compliance. Nursing homes marked a deadline five years in the making on Monday, August 13, 2013: the federal deadline to have fully automated sprinklers in place. If you are still pulling your fire-safety system toward [...]
Determine the location, depth, and size to select the right code. When reporting lipoma excisions, don't automatically code these services using tumor codes as a lipoma is a benign lesion consisting of fatty tissue. For example, if your surgeon excises [...]
CMS Debuts New 'Date of Death' Code When a patient passes away while in your physician's care, you may be familiar with adding the death-related discharge codes to his claims -- but now you have another code to tack on to [...]
Plus, Excellus BCBS will send refunds for incorrectly denied lead screening tests.Two state comptroller audits released in April 2012 show that Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) and United Healthcare (UHC) were overpaid by a combined total of $11 million [...]
