Check the chart carefully to see if a separate procedure is warranted for nose bleed presentations. Many patients present to the ED complaining of a nosebleed, but not all of them should be billed for treatment of epistaxis. Some patients [...]
No maybes here; answer this question wrong and you will code incorrectly. When your ED physician performs fracture care for a patient, be ready to pounce on evidence of manipulation, as CPT often breaks fracture care codes along the manipulation [...]
New and revised ICD9 Codes for 2002 in several categories, such as sore throats, bronchitis and asthma, tooth disorders, gastrointestinal, skin and neonatal, will be of interest to pediatricians. CMS announced that the new codes may be used on medical [...]
Effective Oct. 1, 2001, CMS (formerly HCFA) implemented an updated and revised ICD-9 coding guide. In the 2002 guide, CMS incorporated new and excluded codes, lengthened codes and added subcodes to existing entries to clarify diagnoses. Familiarity with these changes [...]
