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Know how to code conditions like craniomegalic skull repair. Neurosurgery is always a delicate matter, particularly when you’re dealing with infants and young children as patients. There are a pair of conditions that infants suffer from that neurosurgeons will often [...]

Do you know that craniomegalic skull is present at birth? Neurosurgery is always a delicate matter, particularly when you’re dealing with infants and young children as patients. There are a pair of conditions that infants suffer from that neurosurgeons will [...]

Medicare premiums and deductibles may be going up for 2024, but a potential cost-based barrier to provider appeals won’t. Amount in controversy (AIC) rates are updated annually and often increase based on inflation. For the second year in a row, [...]

If inflation has hit your practice hard, we’ve got some good news for you on Medicare appeals fees. Update: Amount in controversy (AIC) rates are updated annually and often increase based on inflation. For a second year in a row, [...]

Were you able to identify the right VAP code? Think you really know your postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system codes? See if your answers from the quiz questions on page 3 match up with the ones provided below. [...]

Like many costs these days, an Administrative Law Judge-related expense will go up next year. Currently, the amount in controversy (AIC) threshold stands at $180 for ALJ hearings, and that number will stay the same for calendar year 2023, according [...]

Find out what other cargo UAS can carry. Look! Up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s — your medical supplies? Healthcare organizations are partnering with uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient [...]

And note numerous new contact dermatitis codes for your patients with stomas. With all the breakthroughs that have occurred with cellular therapy in recent years, it’s not surprising that ICD-10-CM has now updated to allow you to document the applicable [...]

Use two ENT-specific examples to help drill the point home. Follow-up and aftercare are important components of nearly every specialty, including otolaryngology. While the specifics might differ from that of, say, an in-office visit, most of the diagnostic components are [...]

Follow these Dx coding changes starting October 1. CMS recently published its list of the new ICD-10 2019 codes, which will go into effect on October 1, 2018. The lowdown: There are several areas in which your neurology/pain management practice [...]