Hint: Don’t forget to report appropriate diagnosis codes to support medical necessity. When your Internal medicine specialist performs behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infections, you will need to know what code to report for this service in addition to [...]
Hint: Don’t forget to report appropriate diagnosis codes to support medical necessity. When your FP performs behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infections, you will need to know what code to report for this service in addition to being aware [...]
‘V’ codes move to ‘Z’ or ‘F’ codes for screening diagnosis. If you’re reporting a hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening test for a Medicare beneficiary under the new national screening policy, you’d better be ready for the switch to ICD-10 [...]
Repeated screening is no longer taboo for high-risk patients. You’ll find your pay success for Hep C screenings will improve if you’ve got the latest information on the eligible conditions for coverage, provider and POS requirements, and the appropriate diagnosis [...]
Hint: Repeated screening is allowed annually for high risk patients. When your FP screens a patient for Hepatitis C, you will need to know the new HCPCS code that has been introduced by CMS for this service, the patients who [...]
Hint: Repeated screening is allowed annually for high risk patients. When your physician screens a patient for Hepatitis C, you will need to know the new HCPCS code that has been introduced by CMS for this service, the patients who [...]
Question: A physician ordered a hepatitis C screening test for a Medicare patient with no known risk factors. How should I code the test? Codify Subscriber Answer: Medicare covers a one-time hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening for patients without symptoms of disease [...]
Question: Our GI just saw a Medicare patient and advised her to undertake a hepatitis C screening test. Does Medicare recognize the screening? What ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes can I report for hepatitis screening testing? Arkansas Subscriber Answer: Yes. According to Medicare, [...]
CMS now provides coverage for these tests in certain populations. After several months of wrangling, CMS has confirmed that it will pay for hepatitis C virus screenings administered to Medicare patients who meet specific criteria. The agency also debuted a [...]
Question: A physician client requested a hepatitis screening test for a patient with an injection drug use habit. What diagnosis code fits this case? Florida Subscriber Answer: The correct ICD-9 coding for this case is V73.89 (Screening examination for… other specified viral [...]
