Plus: Michigan podiatrist gets tripped up with false claims conviction. The 2018-2019 flu season began on Aug. 1. CMS wants to help providers and their staffs make sure related claims aren’t denied. Remember, flu shots are paid by season and [...]
Question: Is it mandatory that loss of consciousness be documented for submitting diagnosis of concussion? Can you suggest how we can report for conscious patients with this condition using ICD-9 codes? Codify Subscriber Answer: A patient does not have to be unconscious [...]
Hint: Don’t forget to report associated neurological or traumatic brain injury first. If your clinician’s diagnosis is pseudobulbar affect (PBA), you have to just use a simple crossover code to report this diagnosis in ICD-10. In addition, the list of [...]
Question: Is it correct to only report a concussion diagnosis code if the patient loses consciousness? Our physician treats many head injury patient who report conscious and have a diagnosis of concussion. Are we correct to report concussion as diagnosis for [...]
Hint: Don’t forget to report associated neurological or traumatic brain injury first. If your clinician’s diagnosis is pseudobulbar affect (PBA), you will have to just use a simple crossover code to report this diagnosis in ICD-10. In addition, the list [...]
Question: We went to a seminar where they said to only report a concussion diagnosis code if the patient loses consciousness. We see a lot of student-athletes, so it’s common for our sports medicine physicians to diagnose head injuries. Which [...]
Report symptoms documented and do not ignore late effects. When you're coding your surgeon's concussion services, you could be sidelining your claims if you're omitting E/M work or missing the right diagnosis codes. Learn about three common myths that could [...]
Question: We went to a seminar where they said to only report a concussion diagnosis code if the patient loses consciousness. We see a lot of student-athletes, so it’s common for our pediatricians to diagnose head injuries. Which diagnosis should we [...]
You have several options for treating cognitive defects. When your pediatric patients suffer from head injuries, you might be confused about which services you can report. Worse yet, many practices get the wrong information and undercode these services. Check out [...]
CMS explains HIS rules for transfers, submission problems. Transfer patients get a double helping of data under the new Hospice Item Set system. “Since a HIS-Admission and a HIS-Discharge must be completed for each patient admission (not each patient admitted) [...]
