Hint: Note which materials the physician referenced if choosing a face-to-face counseling code. Did you know you can report both preventive medicine counseling codes 99401-99404 as well as a problem-based evaluation and management (E/M) visit on the same day? If [...]
Tip: Don’t use 99401-99404 if the patient is ill. Fact: You can report preventive medicine counseling codes 99401-99404 on the same day as a problem-based E/M visit when your ob-gyn counsels the patient on an unrelated preventive issue. Learn how [...]
Know these updates to make sure you’re recording residents’ conditions accurately. Even though ICD-10 coding may still feel like the anvil that broke the MDS coordinator’s back, staying on top of the codes and any changing guidance may be one [...]
You should now add more specificity with these laterality changes. If you’ve been following the annual ICD-10 code revisions over the past few years, you’ve noticed a steady transition toward more laterality than ever in eye care coding. This year [...]
Tip: Review guidelines on flu reporting. With new ICD-10-CM updates around the bend, it’s a great time to update your policies and be ready on Oct. 1. Background: On July 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released [...]
Start using new codes Oct. 1. Now’s the time for your general surgery practice to solidify diagnosis coding changes that could impact your bottom line. Starting Oct. 1, you’re facing 490 code additions, 58 deletions, and 47 revisions to the [...]
Kick off new diagnoses starting Oct. 1. Your lab needs to review the broad sweep of ICD-10-CM changes every year, and now’s the time. Starting Oct. 1, you’re facing 490 code additions, 58 deletions, and 47 revisions to the code [...]
Note new influenza instructions, extensive juvenile arthritis and osteochondrosis revisions. “This year’s ICD-10-CM updates seem very manageable,” says Barbara Hays, CPC, CPCO, CPMA, CRC, CPC-I, CEMC, CFPC, medical review supervisor, Special Investigations, at GEHA in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. “Coders and [...]
Tip: Updated guidelines offer clarification on vaping. There’s only one month until the new ICD-10-CM updates go live on Oct. 1. Now is a good time to review the changes and get your policies in line. Logistics: On July 1, [...]
New external cause codes, headache and influenza instructions take center stage. The best thing about the 2021 ICD-10-CM addenda? “With 490 additions, 58 deletions, and 47 revisions, this year’s updates seem very manageable,” says Barbara Hays, CPC, CPCO, CPMA, CRC, [...]
