Plus: Period for non-billing before deactivation will get cut by half. Hospices aren’t the only provider types who have to worry about beefed up enrollment procedures in the newest home health rule. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services includes [...]
Add incident response to your annual HIPAA risk assessment. Securing your patients’ protected health information (PHI) is critical from both a professional and financial standpoint. No matter whether you outsource IT security or handle it internally, you should have a [...]
From vomiting to pressure ulcers, new codes debuted in October for these conditions. Although the 2020 ICD-10 codes have been in effect since October 1, it’s possible you haven’t had occasion to report many of them yet. Therefore, it’s a [...]
Never report injury codes from Chapter 19 for injuries that occur during a medical intervention. In Podiatry Coding and Billing Alert Vol. 11, No. 9, you learned all about the ICD-10 2020 codes and what you should expect in your [...]
Report new code L89.506 for pressure-induced deep tissue damage of an unspecified ankle. CMS recently published its list of the new ICD-10 2020 codes, but they won’t go into effect until Oct. 1, 2019. Read on to check out how [...]
Document medical necessity and justify shared visits. Insufficient documentation and coding for high levels of service (See story “Find Error Free Way for E/M Coding With These Expert Tips,” Volume 17, Number 1, Oncology Coding Alert), are the two common [...]
Find out why under-coding is just as bad as over-coding. Falling into common E/M coding pitfalls can turn your bottom line red and fill your inbox with denials. In the first article of this two-part series, “Key Elements: Avoid 5 [...]
Good news: You no longer need separate diagnosis codes for known and idiopathic causes. When your pulmonologist diagnoses lymphoid interstitial pneumonia, you will be pleased to know that you can capture this with a very specific code in ICD-10 code [...]
Hint: Don’t forget to code the inhaled substance separately with an appropriate T code. When your pulmonologist diagnoses pneumonitis due to the inhalation of any solids or liquids, you’ll select an ICD-10 code based on the type of solids or [...]
Hint: Causative organism is still the basis for selecting the code as in ICD-9. When your pulmonologist assesses patients for shortness of breath, he’ll be looking for causes, such as acute bronchiolitis especially in young infants and children. Be clear [...]
