Caution: OIG continues to add telehealth services-related items to its Work Plan. During the heights of the pandemic, the expansion of telehealth services allowed many providers to keep their doors open and continue to care for patients remotely. But almost [...]
Hint: Feds remain fixated on policies and enforcement. If you’re getting whiplash from all the telehealth services reforms, policy updates, and federal reports, you’re not alone. As the landscape evolves and the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) winds down, you [...]
Seventeen claims lead to multi-million payback estimate. The latest home health agency target of an OIG audit has fared better than many of the agencies that preceded it over the past year, but the feds still want a hefty repayment. [...]
ICD-10 codes include 42 NIHSS-related codes. ICD-10 2017’s arrival made coding for strokes a little more involved, and a lot more specific. The newest diagnosis code book provides coders with ICD-10 codes to report National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) [...]
Report NIHSS results with one of 42 new codes. When ICD-10 2017 took effect in October 2016, coders were finally able to report National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores for patients who took the assessment. This made reporting the [...]
Each score in NIHSS will have a discrete code. Later this year, you are likely to spot an update in category code R29 (Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems) in ‘Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal [...]
Each score in NIHSS will have a discrete code. Later this year, you are likely to spot an update in category code R29 (Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems) in ‘Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal [...]
Remember, there are several types of hydrocephalus. Neurologists who see patients with hydrocephalus need to make sure that their coders get their ICD-10 codes correct; if coders stumble at this step, the practice is at risk of losing deserved reimbursement [...]
Hydrocephalus is a condition caused by disturbance of formation, flow, or absorption of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). This leads to the fluid in the central nervous system (CNS) to buildup. “This can cause somnolence and brain injury from increased intracranial pressure,” [...]
Location guides you to correct code in encephalocele repair. When you report repair of an encephalocele, bear in mind that you may need codes other than the cranioplasty and craniotomy codes. You may be missing out on much deserved payment [...]
