Hydronephrosis (591)

Carrot: Paying aides legal overtime gives you a competitive advantage, DOL says. The spotlight continues to get hotter on the topic of agencies failing to pay their non-medical home care workers the legally required amount. For example: A federal judge [...]

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 [...]

Extreme judgments may be a precursor of things to come. Time and again, fraudsters try to sidestep the feds’ wrath. And that’s why unlawful lab referrals and unnecessary testing remain a thorn in Medicare’s side. Last month’s junket of off-the-chart [...]

Fraud enforcements bring hefty fines - and prison. Unlawful lab referrals and unnecessary testing remain a thorn in Medicare's side. Last month's junket of extreme judgments may be a precursor of things to come. 3 for 3: A trio of [...]

When the urologist diagnoses hydronephrosis, it means something has happened to cause the patient’s kidney to swell because urine isn’t draining normally from the kidney to the bladder. A blockage or obstruction in the urinary tract causes the drainage problem. [...]

Plus: Infection and inflammatory reaction choices have numerous changes. With the first official round of ICD-10 updates going into effect on Oct. 1, it’s crucial to spend the next two months preparing for the changes that will affect your practice [...]

Question: A patient had a cystoureteroscopy laser lithotripsy with stent placement. Later that night, the stent dislodged and was pulled out. The next day, the provider returned the patient to the OR to place another stent. What diagnosis code should I [...]

Question: I am looking for a code for ligation of accessory gonadal vein and scar and lysis of adhesions. The op report states the following: “After proper counseling and consent, the patient was brought to the operating room, where general anesthetic [...]

Tip: Pay attention to dilation approach.  One word can make all the difference in your coding success or failure when it comes to ureteral dilation procedures. Review this case study and how noticing just one word in the operative note [...]