Use this glossary for better understanding. You’ll find a host of CPT® 2024 updates that focus on how you should report molecular testing for solid organ tumors and blood cancers next year. To get the most out of the changes, [...]
Has exposure to litigation based on your COVID vaccination procedures been on your mind? A recent legal settlement might amp up those worries. The NorthShore University Health System based in Evanston, Illinois, has agreed to pay $10.3 million to settle [...]
Religious exemption denials were at issue. Has exposure to litigation based on your COVID vaccination procedures been on your mind? A recent legal settlement might amp up those worries. The NorthShore University Health System based in Evanston, Illinois, has agreed [...]
Hint: Report G90.512 for CRPS I of left upper limb When your provider treats a patient with complex regional pain syndrome I (CRPS I), you must know which codes to report for bilateral cases, as well as which codes to [...]
Hint: Report G90.512 for CRPS I of left upper limb If your neurosurgeon sees patients with complex regional pain syndrome I (CRPS I), you must know which codes to report for bilateral cases, as well as which codes to report [...]
Hint: Unspecified and unstageable pressure ulcers are not the same. The 2021 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting offer helpful insights on the rules you should follow for reporting various diagnosis codes, including those for pressure ulcers. If you [...]
Know these updates to juvenile osteochrondosis and arthritis coding. 2021 ICD-10-CM changes relevant to orthopedic coding will go into effect Oct. 1, 2020. Use the next few weeks to become comfortable with the changes before you need to implement them [...]
Code sets get major upgrade in new Dx book. ICD-10 2021 will feature three major revisions to codes representing juvenile osteochondrosis (JO), and more than a dozen new codes to provide a more detailed picture of the patient’s injury via [...]
New "without necrosis" codes join new toe fracture codes for improved documentation. As of Oct. 1, 2017, 300 new diagnosis codes have come into play, and the field of podiatry has received its fair share of those changes. Some of [...]
CMS adds new “without evidence of necrosis” ulcer codes. CMS recently published its list of the new ICD-10 2018 codes, but they won’t go into effect until Oct. 1, 2017. Do you wonder which of these over 300 new diagnosis [...]
