Nearly half of nation’s HHAs will be under PCR by January. The heavy burden of Medicare’s new preclaim review demonstration is going to slam into home health agencies in the first demo state Aug. 1, while they are still scrambling [...]
Focus on cytogenetic test results. Just one code (758.0, Down’s syndrome) won’t cut it anymore to report Down’s syndrome now that you’re no longer using ICD-9. Instead, you should select one of several ICD-10 codes for the condition beginning Oct. 1, [...]
Focus on cytogenetic test results. Just one code (758.0, Down’s syndrome) won’t cut it anymore to report Down’s syndrome once you’re no longer using ICD-9. Instead, you’ll need to select one of several ICD-10 codes for the condition beginning Oct. 1, [...]
Question: Can we submit a BRCA-1 mutation as a diagnosis? New York Subscriber Answer: There is no specific code for BRCA-1 mutations. You first need to determine if your physician was treating the patient for breast cancer or ovarian cancer. Accordingly, [...]
Question: How should I report a right heart catheterization with heart biopsy? The patient, who has trisomy 21, had a heart transplant, and the biopsy is performed each year. Codify Member Answer: For the heart biopsy, report 93505 (Endomyocardial biopsy). [...]
Follow instructions to include code for current neoplasm and family history, too. You can expect a direct crosswalk of a few ICD-9-CM codes to ICD-10-CM for reporting certain genetic susceptibility test results. ICD-9-CM Codes: V84.01, Genetic susceptibility to malignant neoplasm [...]
Follow instructions to include code for current neoplasm and family history, too. You can expect a direct crosswalk of a few ICD-9-CM codes to ICD-10-CM for reporting certain genetic susceptibility test results. ICD-9-CM Codes: V84.01, Genetic susceptibility to malignant neoplasm [...]
Specific and unspecified codes will give you 4 choices.Once CMS implements ICD-10 beginning Oct. 1, 2014, you'll need to know more specific codes for reporting Down syndrome than you've been using in ICD-9 (758.0 , Down's syndrome).Choose Translocation or MoreICD-10 [...]
Home health agencies and hospices getting used to their new Medicare contractor are also getting used to its new name. CIGNA Government Services changed its name to CGS Administrators after it was bought by Palmetto GBA parent Blue Cross Blue [...]
Question: What is the correct diagnosis for CADASIL? Minnesota Subscriber Answer: The best primary diagnosis is 758.5 (Other conditions due to autosomal anomalies). The ICD-9-CM coding guidelines require that you include additional codes to describe the manifestations of a syndrome [...]
