Hint: CMS wants to know that residents are safe and doing well. Check your answers here. Rationales are provided for some answers requiring more in-depth information or explanation. a. Short stay and long stay Rationale: The Centers for Medicare & [...]
Search beyond ‘anesthesia’ for codes that could affect your claims. The first official update to ICD-10 will take place October 1, with thousands of code additions, deletions, and revisions going into effect. Final tweaks will be announced later this summer, [...]
Use the right TOBs, and avoid facing claim adjustments. CMS now provides coverage for screening for lung cancer with LDCT, and you have two new HCPCS codes G0296 (Counseling visit to discuss need for lung cancer screening [LDCT] using low [...]
Search beyond ‘anesthesia’ for codes that could affect your claims. The first official update to ICD-10 will take place October 1, with thousands of code additions, deletions, and revisions going into effect. Final tweaks will be announced later this summer, [...]
ATS approaches requirements critically, asks CMS two questions. Is your staff aware of the eligibility requirements for Medicare coverage of the lung cancer screening with low dose computed tomography (LDCT)? Empowered by the Social Security Act, which allows CMS to [...]
The tests ordered can help guide you in the right direction. When your provider documents that a patient has gastroenteritis, before you can choose a code, you will have to check if the condition is infectious or noninfectious gastroenteritis. The [...]
Tip: Don’t throw away your current coding rule book after Oct. 1. You might need to code on the basis of signs and symptoms even under ICD-10. Despite anything you have heard to the contrary, the new diagnosis coding system [...]
When you look forward to Oct. 1, you’ll be looking back at your existing signs/symptoms coding rules. Although you may have heard that ICD-10 includes a code for every condition under the sun, that news may have been exaggerated. In [...]
When you look forward to Oct. 1, you’ll be looking back at your existing signs/symptoms coding rules. Although you may have heard that ICD-10 includes a code for every condition under the sun, that news may have been exaggerated. In [...]
G0436 or G0437 are the codes of choice while making your decision. You may think that you have the codes for smoking and tobacco use counseling sessions in your pocket, but even the slightest complications due to a medical condition [...]
