Secondary diagnosis codes provide payers with additional details. Although urology practices don’t see injured patients as frequently as certain other specialties, you’ll still find occasions when a patient’s condition occurs due to an external cause. When that happens, you should [...]
Find expanded options for brain injuries, external causes, and more. If your patients are experiencing symptoms related to a concussion, you’ll soon have a new way to report this condition. Here’s why: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [...]
Hint: You’ll gain a new transportation insecurity Z code. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the new ICD-10-CM 2023 codes. You won’t see any podiatry-specific codes this year, but you’ll have plenty new options to look [...]
You’ll need to start using these codes Oct. 1, 2022 Don’t get overwhelmed with more than 1500 new and revised ICD-10-CM 2023 codes going into effect later this year — we’re here to help you sort it out. Read on [...]
Hint: Pay attention to “Code also notes.” The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the new ICD-10-CM 2023 codes. Not only will you gain some new nephropathy codes, but you will also see new Z codes, external [...]
Question: Our FP treated a patient who had been in a minor motorcycle accident (the patient was the passenger, and the motorcycle hit a car while traveling at a low speed). The patient complained of jaw pain, and the notes [...]
Question: Is there a diagnosis code to use for short interval between pregnancies? Washington, D.C. Subscriber Answer: A short interval between pregnancies (usually defined as less than 18 months) may lead to a decrease in the length of subsequent pregnancies, which is [...]
Question: Is there a diagnosis code to use for short interval between pregnancies? Washington DC Subscriber Answer: A short interval between pregnancies (usually defined as less than 18 months) may lead to a decrease in the length of subsequent pregnancies, which is [...]
Question: A patient presents to our office for karyotypic via amniotic fluid. What ICD-9 should I use? California Subscriber Answer: You should report V28.0 (Antenatal screening for chromosomal anomalies by amniocentesis) if your physician is performing the karyotyping to screen for [...]
Question We are currently working for a neurosurgeon who saw a patient for consultation for her OB. The patient is currently pregnant with a history of a ruptured brain aneurysm in 2010 and currently has metallic coil. Patient was requesting her [...]
