PPE, lower volume cost chains millions. 2020 was already expected to throw home health into chaos with the Patient-Driven Groupings Model, elimination or significant reduction of RAP payments, and more. Then came the pandemic. In recent days, heads of publicly [...]
You need to know the stage of disease for the most accurate coding. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in ten American adults has some level of chronic kidney disease, or CKD. That prevalence means your [...]
Most practices are quite aware of the fact that Medicare beneficiaries hate seeing their Social Security number (SSN) printed right on their Medicare identification cards — but that’s about to change. Due to the risk of identity theft, CMS will [...]
Don’t miss this MI update. Are you feeling confident about your ICD-10 coding for hypertension, myocardial infarctions, and other circulatory conditions? Don’t get caught off guard when you’re faced with the new code set come Oct. 1. Judy Adams, RN, [...]
Question: Our patient has hypertension, stage IV chronic kidney disease, and renal atrophy. How should we code for him? Pennsylvania subscriber Answer: List the following codes for this patient: M1020a: 403.90 (Hyperactive chronic kidney disease; unspecified; with chronic kidney disease stage [...]
Documenting diagnoses and findings can help you get deserved reimbursement. Paring or cutting of corns and calluses are some of the most common services provided by podiatrists — but the fact that Medicare considers them part of “routine foot care” [...]
Question: Our patient was admitted to hospice with a terminal diagnosis of end stage renal disease (ESRD) due to type II diabetes. Our focus of care is the ESRD. How should we code for this patient? Answer: List the following [...]
Retrain your brain to avoid an easy hypertensive heart disease mistake. Nearly one in three US adults has hypertension, so understanding how to code for this condition can benefit a large proportion of your claims. Fortunately, if you’ve taken time [...]
Code 75625 replaces G0275, and J0151 replaces J0152. Your radiology practice needs to align to changes in the angiography and adenosine codes that CMS introduced in the recently posted HCPCS 2014 file. Here is an update on the non-selective renal [...]
You’ll still need physician documentation for hypertensive heart disease. You’ll be happy to know that hypertension coding in ICD-10 is pretty similar to what you’re used to in ICD-9. Brush up on the basics for coding this condition and you’ll [...]
