Articles, tagged with "medical coding", page 3

88333, +88334 Use Depends on Site/Specimen Distinction

Here's a pathology coding scenario that you might encounter while going about your work. Scenario: "Our pathologist performed two intraoperative touch preps. The first on specimen A, left sentinel lymph node while the other on specimen B, a second left... Read >
Author: Erin Lang Masercola

Ankle Fractures & Multiple X-Rays

Scenario: A new patient presents to the office suffering from an injured left ankle she hurt while shoveling snow. The orthopedist carries out a detailed history and examination. Thinking it to be a fracture, the orthopedist orders a two-view ankle x-ray,... Read >
Author: James Smith

Medical Billing Service Affordably and Easily Available

Medical billing service helps them immensely in this regard. It also helps in many other ways as a number of the medical centers also do not get the full reimbursement of the claims submitted from insurers. The inefficiencies of the billing staff are some... Read >
Author: Dick Weinberger

Get To Know What Constitutes an Acceptable Signature

You will soon need to ensure physicians and non-physician practitioners (NPP) sign your paper lab requisitions if you want to get paid; however what does that entail exactly? CMS provides specific guidance on what constitutes an acceptable 'signature' f... Read >
Author: James Smith

93922: There Are Special Rules for Unilateral Exams

Puzzled by the 2011 guidelines for 93922-93923? Not sure when to report 93922-52? Don't be. Read on and know how you should go about it: You should report 93922-52 (Limited bilateral noninvasive physiologic studies of upper or lower extremity arteries …... Read >
Author: James Smith

Medical Specialists Need Billing Specialists

For people who decide to become doctors, they may believe that learning and practicing medicine will be their primary focus. They might also think it is one of the most difficult parts of their practice. Unfortunately for many physicians, this is not the ... Read >
Author: Art Jones

Medical Accounts Receivable

Accounting is a facet of hospital offices that helps to keep the company running. Medical accounts receivable or so called MAR's is a fancy way of saying obtaining the money that's owed to the office. Anyone who's been trained in curative accounts receiva... Read >
Author: Michael Harrah

Four Questions that'll Take You to the Best Diagnosis & Injection Codes

Don't let your coding turn into a headache if your neurologist or pain management specialist administers greater occipital nerve blocks. Verify specifics about the patient's headache and the service your provider offered to pinpoint the proper diagnosis a... Read >
Author: Erin Lang Masercola

Do 569.3 and 578.1 function the same way?

As a just-in gastroenterologist coder, sometimes you may run into rough weather or be confused about which code to use for a particular service. For instance, a just-in coder was confused about when to use 569.3 and 578.1 for bloody stool? She was tryi... Read >
Author: Erin Lang Masercola

Medical Coding - Office Visit With Vision Training?

Can you submit 99213 for an office visit and 92065 for vision training on the same date of service (DOS)? Well, vision training code 92065 (Orthoptic and/or pleoptic training, with continuing medical direction and evaluation) is not bundled with E/M cod... Read >
Author: Erin Lang Masercola

I10 covers Essential Hypertension for ICD-10

When it comes to essential hypertension, both ICD-9 2011 and ICD-10 2011 have coding options for it; however you won't find a one-to-one correspondence between them. For essential hypertension, ICD-9 2011 has three coding choices: 401.0 -- malignan... Read >
Author: James Smith

Ingrown Toenail Removal Coding Confusions? 11750 Answers Them

In a particular case, a patient presents for a follow-up of an ingrown toe nail. The podiatrist finds that the patient now has two ingrown toenails – one on each foot. He removes both from each toe and also did a silver nitrate cauterization. How should I... Read >
Author: Erin Lang Masercola

FAQS to Help You Choose the Right Code

Do you know how to bill your claim when a patient presents to your office for a capsule study and the capsule gets lodged in his stomach? If you have a good sense of what anatomy the capsule study evaluates, it could save you from a possible coding disa... Read >
Author: James Smith

Your Passport To The Best Medical Coding Schools

The number of medical coding schools are steadily growing in the past few decades, perhaps as spurred on by the continuing demand for more professional medical billing and coding specialists in the healthcare industry. Hospitals, medical offices, and clin... Read >
Author: Frank Roberts

Getting Work In The Health Care Field

Throughout the United States, jobs in medical care are growing quicker than in virtually any other segment. According to some assessments, upwards of 3 million jobs will probably be added onto the business by the year 2018. A big part of this boost in dem... Read >
Author: Jonathan Wenner

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