Keep watertight documentation at hand before reporting secondary repairs. You are all too aware of sprained ankle ligament coding if your practice receives a large number of athletes. However, are you paying close attention to terms such as primary and [...]
S21.1_ family will add options to existing 876.0. Coding wound closure requires identifying wound characteristics, and that will become a lot more specific when you change from ICD-9 to ICD-10. Remember: CMS has finalized the ICD-10 implementation date for Oct. 1, [...]
Laceration, puncture, and more expand codes. Coding wound closure requires identifying wound characteristics, and that will become a lot more specific when you change from ICD-9 to ICD-10. Remember: CMS has finalized the ICD-10 implementation date for Oct. 1, 2014, [...]
Laceration, puncture, and more expand codes. Coding wound closure requires identifying wound characteristics, and that will become a lot more specific when you change from ICD-9 to ICD-10. Remember: CMS has finalized the ICD-10 implementation date for Oct. 1, 2014, [...]
Laceration, puncture, and more expand codes. Coding wound closure requires identifying wound characteristics, and that will become a lot more specific when you change from ICD-9 to ICD-10.Remember: CMS has finalized the ICD-10 implementation date for Oct. 1, 2014, delaying [...]
Patients who discuss end-of-life preferences have lower rates of intensive care admission. Dying isn't a popular conversation topic, but discussing end-of-life issues with a physician can result in better quality of life for patients and could lower national healthcare expenditures [...]
Contact your carrier soon to reclaim the money you're owed If your urologist administered Lupron or Zoladex during 2005, you were likely underpaid for those services for the first two quarters of the year. Experts suggest you contact your carriers [...]
Urologists can now code prostate problems with greater specificity because of new ICD-9 codes that went into effect as of October 2001. Prostate dysplasia codes are increasingly important as physicians seek to identify signs of cancer early and to differentiate [...]
