Can you answer these coding questions about E/M, Pap smear, post-procedural complications ICD-10, and more? Test your coding accuracy with these scenarios from multiple specialties. Is Your Service Worth An E/M Code? Question: The provider did not perform a physical [...]
Grab the mixed bag of new codes with respiratory system postprocedural hematomas, mediastinitis, and more. The final 2017 ICD-10-CM codes are already in, and pulmonology is one area with updates you may not want to miss. “Seems like ICD-10 implementation [...]
Major revisions to postprocedural hemorrhage, mediastinitis, and more. CMS finally released the definitive code set update for the new 2017 ICD-10-CM codes that will go into effect Oct. 1. “New codes always require adjustment of reporting practices since people have [...]
Major revisions to postprocedural hemorrhage, mediastinitis, and more. CMS finally released the definitive codeset update for the new 2017 ICD-10-CM codes that will go into effect Oct. 1. “New codes always require adjustment of reporting practices since people have to [...]
Postprocedural complications and mediastinitis add up to the J codes. Are you unnerved with the news of 1,900 new ICD-10-CM codes and over 3,000 new PCS codes being added to the ICD-10-CM codeset, as per the annual update due to [...]
Differentiate between bruises due to trauma and those due to contusion for correct coding. Patients with injuries caused by contusions and bruises on the feet are regular visitorsin a podiatrist’s clinic. Easy bruising is not a diagnosis, but rather a [...]
Question: What is the ICD-9 code for “easy bruising”? Answer: Easy bruising is not a diagnosis, but rather a symptom. Therefore, the ICD-9 code depends on whether or not the dermatologist identified a cause. If a cause is identified, then code for [...]
Question: What is the ICD-9 code for “easy bruising”? Washington Subscriber Answer: Easy bruising is not a diagnosis, but rather a symptom. Therefore, the ICD-9 code depends on whether or not the dermatologist identified a cause. If a cause is identified, then [...]
In Table 3 of the 2014 Home Health PPS Final Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services lists the deleted codes most used in 2012. The top deleted codes used were: 1. 401.0 (Malignant essential hypertension), 34,207 episodes; 2. [...]
Washington Post, New York Times take aim at hospices. Expect hospice payment reform to get on an even faster track, thanks to two high-profile articles on hospices in two prominent newspapers. The Washington Post recites multiple allegations from whistleblower lawsuits [...]
