5 strategies keep complications out and reimbursement in. With ICD-10 delayed yet another year, it may be a good time to polish your ICD-9 late effects coding skills. Not only will this help improve your reimbursement when addressing and treating [...]
Number of HHA subjects investigated skyrocketed 125 percent in five years.Federal investigators are using statistics like these from a new Government Accountability Office report when deciding where to focus their scrutiny:Of the criminal cases pursued by 10 Medicaid Fraud Control [...]
Number of HHA subjects investigated skyrocketed 125 percent in five years.Federal investigators are using statistics like these from a new Government Accountability Office report when deciding where to focus their scrutiny:Of the criminal cases pursued by 10 Medicaid Fraud Control [...]
Find out what codes you should use for the most common CVA late effects You could be submitting inaccurate information and possibly compromising your practice's bottom line by not properly coding late-effects diagnoses. Using these codes doesn't have to be [...]
5 strategies keep complications out and reimbursement inOverlooking late effects ICD-9 codes could mean submitting inaccurate information and possibly compromising physician reimbursement. Fortunately, recognizing late effects can be simple when you use the following five easy strategies. 1. No Time Limits [...]
2 quick tips will keep 'complications' out of your coding Don't be fooled: For internal medicine practices, diagnosis coding is more complicated than simply remembering to code to the fifth digit. "Late effects" coding is an area of ICD-9 that [...]
If you're overlooking late effects when assigning ICD-9 codes, you're providing incomplete information and possibly compromising your surgeon's reimbursement. Fortunately, recognizing and reporting late effects can be simple when you know what to look for. 1. Link the Past and [...]
Don't confuse late effects with complications: The two are not the same. "A complication describes a problem arising from a condition that still exits. A late effect on the other hand is caused by a condition no longer in [...]
More detail means claims success If you're overlooking late effects when assigning ICD-9 codes, you're providing incomplete information and possibly compromising both quality of patient care and physician reimbursement. Fortunately, recognizing late effects can be simple when you know what [...]
More detail means better claims success, experts say If you're overlooking late effects when assigning ICD-9 codes, you're providing incomplete information and possibly compromising both quality of patient care and physician reimbursement. Fortunately, recognizing and reporting late effects can be [...]
