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Pay attention to payer’s conservative treatment guidelines. Patients that require nerve injections are a common sight in a PM practice. During her HEALTHCON 2024 presentation “Taking the Pain Out of Pain Management,” Jessyka Burke, BHSA, CPC, COSC, CASCC, discussed some [...]

Find out if your coding comprehension is up to date. Once you’ve answered the quiz questions on page 3, compare your answers with the ones below. Answer 1: For any hernia repair in the new “anterior abdominal hernia” category, you’ll [...]

Also: check out the new guidance for reporting COPD. Last month, we covered the office/outpatient time changes you can expect in 2024, but can you recall the new ICD-10 codes that took effect Apr. 1, 2023? How about the ones [...]

Capture family history for medical necessity. When your pathologist examines colon polyp(s) from a patient with suspected Lynch syndrome, the tissue exam may be just the tip of the iceberg. Look at the following case to see if you can [...]

Find out how to report intestinal bacteria overgrowth. Knowing which specialty-specific codes are changing can be a huge timesaver for coders who work with specialized practices. Coders who are familiar with gastroenterology should become familiar with new K codes and [...]

Apply these changes beginning Oct. 1 With almost 400 ICD-10-CM code additions and many deletions and revisions that go into effect on Oct. 1, you need to get ready for the changes that will impact your practice. We’re here to [...]

Hint: Don’t lean on SDoH just to help level up an encounter. Beginning Oct. 1, 2023, there are some updates to the Z codes categorized, especially in the as social determinants of health (SDoH) category, which you can use to [...]

Plan to implement the changes on Oct. 1 Nearly 400 ICD-10-CM code additions as well as many deletions and revisions could impact your diagnosis coding when the latest update goes into effect on Oct. 1. We’re here to help you [...]

Check out which codes you currently report are turning into parent codes. Starting Oct. 1, 2023, 501 new ICD-10 codes go into effect, and among them are several new K codes and an expanded Z code set for family history. [...]

Don’t let these changes become an October surprise. The 2024 update to ICD-10-CM isn’t large as a whole, but there is a lot in it that will affect oncology coding. From some new benign neoplasm codes to new family history [...]