Remember that 7th character A stands for active treatment. From the slopes to the trails, winter has plenty of outdoor activities to enjoy. Unfortunately, some patients may get hurt doing the activities they love, and your coding skill will be [...]
Question: When the pathologist completes a malignant breast cancer case and has performed scoring for ER or PR, what diagnosis code(s) should you use for the case, such as the following: Diagnosis: invasive ductal carcinoma (upper-outer quadrant) Carcinoma is ER-positive (the pathology [...]
Focus on specimen to make the ‘margin’ call. Everyone’s scared of “unbundling” and facing fraud charges, but don’t let that stop you from garnering legitimate pay for a separate margin exam in a breast case. Look at the following example [...]
Expect direct crosswalk with new code set. Only the numbers and letters will change for reporting estrogen receptor (ER) status when you change from ICD-9 to ICD-10 on Oct. 1 of this year. Positive or negative: Both code sets allow [...]
Question: Which ICD-9-CM codes do we report when a patient with a history of breast cancer is on tamoxifen as prevention and comes in for a follow-up? Indiana Subscriber Answer: You should use a V67.x code as the first-listed diagnosis, [...]
Male and female breast diagnoses will be combined into one family. You currently have a fairly detailed list of diagnosis choices for breast neoplasm surgery, with separate code families based on whether the patient is male or female. Big changes [...]
Male and female breast diagnoses will be combined into one family.You currently have a fairly detailed list of diagnosis choices for breast neoplasm surgery, with separate code families based on whether the patient is male or female. Big changes will [...]
Catch 'status' diagnosis codes.After the pathologist's work outlined in "Track Each Test Phase to Boost Breast Specimen Pay" on page 49, you might find that the physician orders additional ancillary testing to help determine appropriate treatment protocols.Study the following scenario, [...]
Male and female breast dx collapse to one family.You're used to choosing codes from separate ICD-9 families for breast neoplasms depending on patient gender -- but ICD-10 will change all that.Know ICD-9 FamiliesYou need to know two code families for breast [...]
Male and female breast dx collapse to one family. You're used to choosing codes from separate ICD-9 families for breast neoplasms depending on patient gender -- but ICD-10 will change all that. Don't miss: The ICD-10 implementation deadline is shifting from [...]
