Question: Why does it seem that only private payers are victims of data breaches? Do government payers ever experience cyberattacks? Washington Subscriber Answer: You are correct in that it seems that only private payers and clearinghouses experience data breaches. Reports of these [...]
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 [...]
Tip: Focus on degree and percentage affected. An insight to types of burns and a summarization of 4-step procedure to code your burned cases will help in smooth reimbursement process. Dig Into the Depth and Degree of Burn There are [...]
Brace for wave of closures and sales. CMS has pared back the home health agen-cy rate cuts it proposed this summer, but the slight improvement won’t avert disaster for many providers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Ser-vices will slice [...]
HHA cuts will be closer to 4% next year, expert claims. When the PPS final rule comes out in a month or so, providers are hoping it won’t contain the devastating cuts contained in this summer’s proposal — but those [...]
CMS to knock 3.5 percent off payment rates for next 4 years. It’s time to tighten your budget belt yet again — but many home health agencies are already on a starvation diet. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...]
Start at 940.x and work your way up on burn ICD-9s. When your FP performs burn treatment for a patient, you need to be ready to select code(s) from the 940.x-949.x ICD-9 group. Knowing which, and how many, of these [...]
Fourth, fifth digits are vital to these ICD-9 codes To accurately code diagnoses for patients with burn injuries, coders must know whether the patient had any third-degree burns. They also need to know when to combine multiple burns into one [...]
