Excessive vomiting in pregnancy (643)

Learn how you’ll report intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy as of October 1. Although you may think a handful of new intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) codes may mean that this year’s ICD-10-CM update doesn’t offer you much to learn, you [...]

Hospices are enjoying a well deserved break from dramatic payment or policy changes in the 2019 final rule. But the regulation does include a number of Hospice Compare revisions that could shake up providers’ quality programs. Check out these changes [...]

Making CAHPS measures a year more recent would cut 20% of agencies off public display. The 2019 hospice final rule may not contain dramatic payment or policy changes compared to recent years, but it does include a number of Hospice [...]

Overlooking the underlying cause can put your bottom line in jeopardy. Infections or dislocations in the replaced hip can happen — which means you have to know how to reflect these situations in your claims. Our experts break down how [...]

Question: A 26-year-old patient who is 24 weeks pregnant presents to the ED; “I been throwing up constantly for three days, she tells the nonphysician practitioner (NPP). During a level-four E/M service, the physician discovers that the patient is also experiencing [...]

Surprise definition change in MPFS could cost your practice plenty. Out of the blue, the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule changes the way your pathologists must report prostate biopsy examinations — and it’s not pretty. In fact, you [...]

Never skip the underlying cause, infections, or dislocations. If you’re overlooking the underlying cause for the replacement surgery and any infections or dislocations in the replaced hip, then you could be leaving precious dollars your physician ethically deserves on the [...]

Never skip the underlying cause, infections, or dislocations. If you’re overlooking the underlying cause for the replacement surgery and any infections or dislocations in the replaced hip, then you could be leaving precious dollars your physician ethically deserves on the [...]

Hint: You can report complications before or after delivery. If your ob-gyn provides additional visits outside of the normal global ob package, you can see increased payment. However, you’ll have to make sure you’ve coded high-risk or complicated obstetrical care correctly — [...]

Check out the most common pregnancy related diagnoses for the ED setting and get familiar with their ICD-10 equivalents. Depending on the size and volume of your emergency department, you may not see obstetric patients for delivery, but you still [...]