Remember: Read “code first” notes carefully. If you report gout in your podiatry practice, you will need to understand many facets of this diagnosis, including the difference between acute and chronic gout, what the specific characters in the codes stand [...]
Compare and contrast the last two reporting period stats during COVID. Despite being in the middle of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) was awfully busy racking up its enforcement numbers. In the latest Semiannual Report [...]
Providers of all shapes and sizes should be ready for extra scrutiny. If you expected the feds to slow down their enforcement activity during a worldwide public health emergency (PHE), think again. The latest statistics show that even in the [...]
Plus, you’ll have new symptom codes to add to your coding cache. You’ve got a new list of ICD-10-CM codes to consider for 2020. Anyone who’s played the diagnosis coding game knows these codes go into effect on October 1, [...]
Question: Notes indicate that the provider performed an evaluation and management (E/M) service for a new patient recovering from a spontaneous rupture of the ankle and foot. How do I choose an ICD-10 code for this condition, and what is [...]
Question: Notes indicate that the provider performed an evaluation and management (E/M) service for a new patient recovering from a spontaneous rupture of the ankle and foot. How do I choose an ICD-10 code for this condition, and what is a [...]
Question: Notes indicate that the orthopedist performed a level-three evaluation and management (E/M) service for an established patient with a spontaneous rupture of the ankle and foot. How do I choose an ICD-10 code for this condition, and what is [...]
Patients over Paperwork initiative results in some small — very small — proposed changes. A dab of regulatory relief is better than none at all — or is it? On Sept. 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services dropped [...]
Question: In our ASC, we are have seen some denials for our 66982 claims. Could you walk us through the proper use of this code? Georgia Subscriber Answer: The code you mention is 66982 (Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of [...]
Question: The podiatrist documented an excision for thickening of the Achilles tendon and diagnosed the patient with calcific Achilles tendonitis. Which CPT® and ICD-10 codes should I report? Nevada Subscriber Answer: The correct ICD-10 code would be M65.27- (Calcific tendonitis, ankle and [...]
