'Uncooperative and obstructive' behavior amps up fine levels. Kickbacks were a defining feature in multiple recent fraud cases centering on Medicare and Medicaid home health services. Take a look at cases spanning the U.S.: In Detroit: Editha Manzano, owner of [...]
Despite funding cuts HHS and company remain vigilant in their fight to recover assets. As the stakes continue to rise in healthcare, the opportunity for fraud increases. A recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) publication illustrates that offenders continue to [...]
Under ICD-10, you’ll need to check the chart to correctly assign that 7th character for the most accurate code choice. Expanding the diagnosis code set from a maximum of five characters in ICD-9 to seven characters in ICD-10 allows for [...]
Question: A patient reported with a foreign-body sensation after mowing the lawn and doing other yard work. Using a slit lamp, the ophthalmologist removed a superficial conjunctival FB and a corneal FB from a patient’s right eye; evidence of slit lamp [...]
Question: A patient reported with a foreign-body sensation after mowing the lawn and doing other yard work. Using a slit lamp, the ophthalmologist removed a superficial conjunctival FB and a corneal FB from a patient’s right eye; evidence of slit lamp [...]
Tip: Foreign body removal can be included in the corneal repair. Although it’s not nearly as traumatic as it is for the patient, coding for emergency treatment of eye injuries in the office can certainly be stressful for coders, especially [...]
Tip: Foreign body removal can be included in the corneal repair. Although it’s not nearly as traumatic as it is for the patient, coding for emergency treatment of eye injuries in the office can certainly be stressful for coders, especially [...]
Look closely at the documentation for these clues to determine the right code. A patient reports to the ED with a foreign body in his right eye. The ED physician removes the FB and sends the patient home. This might [...]
The answer to the “You Be the Coder” question in Opthalmology Coding Alert Vol. 17 No. 10, “Multiple FBs,” suggested 871.6 (Penetration of eyeball with [nonmagnetic] foreign body) as the ICD-9 code to represent non-magnetic ocular foreign bodies in the [...]
The answer to the “You Be the Expert” question in the Optometry Coding & Billing Alert Vol. 12 No. 10, “Single Code’s the Key for Multiple FBs,” suggested 871.6 (Penetration of eyeball with [nonmagnetic] foreign body) as the ICD-9 code [...]
