Tip: Review guidelines on flu reporting. With new ICD-10-CM updates around the bend, it’s a great time to update your policies and be ready on Oct. 1. Background: On July 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released [...]
Tip: Updated guidelines offer clarification on vaping. There’s only one month until the new ICD-10-CM updates go live on Oct. 1. Now is a good time to review the changes and get your policies in line. Logistics: On July 1, [...]
Plus: You’ll also find new codes for headaches. When patients arrive at the ED with symptoms of withdrawal, physicians must determine what substances the patients were using and whether their conditions are life threatening. And effective October 1, 2020, you’ll [...]
Question: What ICD-10 code should I report for the urologist’s work removing a stent? Massachusetts Subscriber Answer: You should report an ICD-10 code from the T19 family, such as T19.1XXA (Foreign body in bladder, initial encounter), for the removal of [...]
Question: What ICD-10 code should I report for the urologist’s work removing a stent? Massachusetts Subscriber Answer: You should report an ICD-10 code from the T19 family, such as T19.1XXA (Foreign body in bladder, initial encounter), for the removal of a ureteral [...]
Question: What ICD-10 code should I report for the urologist’s work removing a stent? Massachusetts Subscriber Answer: You should report an ICD-10 code from the T19 family, such as T19.1XXA (Foreign body in bladder, initial encounter), for the removal of a ureteral [...]
Question: My doctor performed surgery where “ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy was done for a distal stone. It was found that the cause of the stone was a surgical staple from a prior hysterectomy that had eroded into the ureteral lumen. Once the [...]
930 (Foreign body on external eye) 930.1 (Corneal foreign body) 931 (Foreign body in the ear) 932 (Foreign body in the nose) 933.0 (Foreign body in pharynx) 933.1 (Foreign body in larynx) 934.0 (Foreign body in trachea) 934.1 (Foreign body [...]
Question: How would you code a ureteroscopy with removal of a fungal ball? The patient had a fungal bezoar of the ureter coded with diagnosis code 939.9. Pennsylvania Subscriber Answer: There is no CPT® code for ureteroscopic removal of a foreign body [...]
An HHA owner gets 75 months in prison for health care fraud, alteration of records and aggravated identity theft, for allegedly filing 939 fraudulent Medicaid claims, reports the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Janice Holland was [...]
