One state faces class action lawsuit. The staffing crunch that is hitting the home health industry is reaching dire levels, and the mainstream press is taking notice. A new KFF Health News-New York Times series, “Dying Broke,” examines the issue [...]
Grab your answers and see if you can call yourself an expert. Answer 1: To report a documented hypertensive urgency, hypertensive emergency, or unspecified hypertensive crisis, turn to the appropriate code from category I16- (Hypertensive crisis). You should also code [...]
Your ED may see these diagnoses frequently, but do you know how to report them? Every ED is sure to see patients with acute myocardial infarctions, fractures and hypertensive crises this year, but coding these conditions can present myriad challenges. [...]
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 [...]
Therapy episodes would get reimbursed less. If your claims are dominated by episodes with high therapy, no recent hospital stays, or patients with behavioral health conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or drug addiction, Medicare’s draft for HH PPS payment [...]
Question: I recently started billing for an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, and I am facing denials at times when I am trying to bill placement of implants to medical insurance carriers. I am using 21248 and 21249. While I am having [...]
Plus: Find out how CMS plans to ease your MU reporting duties. Your patients will soon no longer see their Social Security numbers (SSNs) on their Medicare insurance cards, thanks to a provision in the recently passed Medicare Access and [...]
Coagulation factor deficiency coding requires a look at the index.ICD-10-CM code D68.4 has the same definition as ICD-9-CM code 286.7. That's not the end of the coding story, though. Here's how D68.32 fits into the picture, too.ICD-9-CM code:286.7, Acquired coagulation [...]
CMS to Cover Obesity Screening and Counseling This holiday season, CMS has given several gifts that should keep on giving to your practice long into 2012 and beyond. Not only does Medicare plan to start covering annual cardiovascular disease prevention, [...]
