Question: Can you explain how inpatient admissions are assigned to Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MSDRGs) 945 and 946 with the ICD-10 MS-DRGs? There are no longer diagnosis codes for encounters for rehabilitation, as was the case with ICD-9-CM codes. Illinois [...]
Question: Can you explain how inpatient admissions are assigned to Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MSDRGs) 945 and 946 with the ICD-10 MS-DRGs? There are no longer diagnosis codes for encounters for rehabilitation, as was the case with ICD-9-CM codes. [...]
Question: Can you explain how inpatient admissions are assigned to Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs) 945 and 946 with the ICD-10 MS-DRGs? There are no longer diagnosis codes for encounters for rehabilitation, as was the case with ICD-9-CM codes. Texas [...]
ICD-10 will keep additional TBSA code. The steps you’ll take to code for burns in ICD-10 aren’t all that different from the ones you follow under ICD-9. But you will have the new requirement to include a code that describes [...]
Question: Our dermatologist treats burn victims, and I'm wondering about diagnosis coding in these cases. Do I need to include a code from category 948 on every claim? Michigan Subscriber Answer: Yes. Once you locate code(s) to represent the patient's [...]
Question: A parent brings a 9-year-old child into the ED with blistering burns to the left side of her body. After a level-four E/M, the ED physician treats the child for partial-thickness burns on her entire left arm and left [...]
ICD-10 will keep additional TBSA code.Coding burns based on body site and "degree" plus an additional code for total body surface area (TBSA) won't change when you start using ICD-10 in Oct. 2013. The new detail you'll include will be [...]
You'll still need additional TBSA code.Reporting burns by body site/"degree" plus an additional code for total body surface area (TBSA) won't change when you start using ICD-10 in Oct. 2013. But reporting the cause of the burn will.ICD-10 Distinguishes Burn [...]
Proper ICD-9 coding for burn patients can require several codes.Dermatology coders who cannot choose the proper diagnosis codes for each burn treatment patient could end up costing their practices time and money.How? Let's say your dermatologist provides local burn treatment [...]
Proper ICD-9 coding for burn patients can require several codes.ED coders who cannot choose the proper diagnosis codes for each burn treatment patient could end up costing their practices time and money.How? Let's say your ED physician provides local burn [...]
