Know what to watch when coding bug bites, poison ivy, and heatstroke! Get ICD-10 pointers. Somehow it is mid-August already, and talk about 2020 code updates is buzzing. But summer 2019 isn’t don... [ Read More ]
Look at diagnosis history changes and Medicare’s national and local coverage determinations for greater insight into denied claims. Coverage determinations for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) fo... [ Read More ]
Alert coders of Excludes1 conflicts to help you catch problems in problem lists and avoid costly denials and rework. By Rebecca Caux-Harry, CPC In April’s Healthcare Business Monthly (pages 56-57... [ Read More ]
Rik Salomon, CPC, CRC, CEDC, CEMA, CMCS, and I recently got into a rather spirited debate with a group of Certified Professional Coders (CPCs®) on coding guidelines and how they govern our medical... [ Read More ]
The pesky illness can be diagnosed properly by knowing the signs and symptoms and detecting it with pathology. Lyme disease is a common vector-borne illness in the United States, with more than 300... [ Read More ]
