Home health agencies have a lot on their minds with the HHGM proposal looming, but longer-standing issues still need action as well. For instance: Reps. Pat Meehan (R-Pennsylvania), Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Ryan Costello (R-Pennsylvania), and Paul Tonko (D-New York) have [...]
Get ready for new options later this year. When your lab performs a screening drug test, you can’t expect to get the same diagnosis code every time. Instead, the reasons clinicians order a drug screen are as varied as the [...]
Question: One of our physicians wants to know if we can bill for indocyanine-green dye. He said it is used for membrane peels and complex cataract surgery in an ambulatory setting. He said it is $125 a vial. Can we [...]
CMS: Youve got to be on top of your age, gender, dx. Most practices would agree that a 57.2 percent success rate isnt overly impressive -- but thats exactly what CMS found in its recent analysis of PQRI submissions. Almost 43 [...]
Question: One of our physicians wants to know if we can bill for indocyanine-green dye. He said it is used for membrane peels and complex cataract surgery in an ambulatory setting. He said it is $125 a vial. Can we [...]
Question: A patient with shortness of breath and heart palpitations presented to the ED after improperly ingesting her prescription medication. I know how to code the procedures, but I'm confused on how to incorporate E codes in this instance. Should [...]
One of the most challenging problems pediatric coders encounter is lack of a specific diagnosis. It is in part a reflection of the uniqueness of pediatrics. Parents bring in their children for minor or vague problems because theyre children. A [...]
