Question: My ob-gyn saw a patient who had a normal spontaneous vaginal delivery over midline episiotomy. He helped deliver the placenta spontaneously with intact 3-vessels cord. Then, he repaired the episiotomy; and the patient tolerated the procedure well. The patient [...]
The following V codes were included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' list of qualifying V codes for use with the OASIS payment diagnoses item, now M1024, which ran in Attachment D.V04.5 -- Vaccine for rabies V07.0 -- Prophylactic isolation [...]
These codes were included in the Cen-ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Attach-ment D list of qualifying V codes for use with the OASIS case mix item now known as M1024:V04.5 -- Vaccine for rabies V07.0 -- Prophylactic isolation V07.1 -- Desensitization to [...]
The following V codes are included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' list of qualifying V codes for use with M1024. V04.5 -- Vaccine for rabies V07.0 -- Prophylactic isolation V07.1 -- Desensitization to allergens V07.2 -- Prophylactic immunotherapy V07.39 -- Other prophylactic [...]
Determine the cause of each wound to hit the diagnosis nail on the head every time. Caring for wounds can earn your agency case mix points and more reimbursement. But if you aren't coding for them correctly, you're closing the [...]
Question: My ob-gyn did cord blood collection. I have these codes for the procedure: S2140 and V59.02. Is that right? Also, after searching our local Medicare/Medicaid sites, I can't find a monetary value. What should I charge for this? New [...]
Question: A patient who had been declared brain-dead was taken to surgery for harvesting of her kidney, liver and corneas. What diagnosis and anesthesia codes apply? Wisconsin Subscriber Answer: The best diagnosis for these cases is 348.8 (Other conditions [...]
Question: We have a patient who is going to be an egg donor. Today, we ran labs on her to clear her for this. We are running sexually transmitted disease (STD) tests. What diagnosis should I use?Illinois Subscriber Answer: Code [...]
V codes can document the need for a test Don't shun V codes because you believe some long-standing - but highly inaccurate - coding lore. The truth: V codes can be the key to showing medical necessity for tests that [...]
Use ICD-9 changes to confirm reason for lab tests If you're looking for a better way to specify why you're performing a lab test for patients with no current signs or symptoms of disease, you'll soon have some new tools [...]
