Learn How to Use Hurricane 'External Cause' Codes
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Residents along the Eastern Seaboard are still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, a powerful storm that made landfall Sept. 14 near Wrightsville Beach, N.C. And given that two months remain in the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season -- which officially ends on Nov. 30 -- family
physicians should be aware that the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics recently updated its guidelines regarding hurricanes. Click Here to Read More
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Are There ICD-10-CM or CPT Coding Implications to Clarify Fourth Universal Definition of AMI? |
The new definition includes clinical concepts that were not an option before when choosing an MI diagnosis. Since 2012, changes and updates have continued to clarify the acute myocardial infarction (AMI) diagnosis. There are now five types of MI diagnoses that have been expanded and updated through the
years, and this year, we have a few new and updated concepts, titled “The Fourth Universal Definition of AMI.” Click Here to Read More
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Outpatient Coders Improve ICD-10 Accuracy Scores, But Inpatient Keeps the Crown
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Outpatient coders achieved higher average accuracy scores for the second consecutive year in Central Learning's nationwide ICD-10 coding contest. Contest participants coded a total of 4,471 medical record cases
using... Click Here to Read More
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Avoid These Missteps to Slash Your Medical Coding Audit Risk
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Whether you are dealing with a commercial payer, Medicare, or Medicaid, there are certain types of improper claims that should be avoided if you want to reduce your risk of a medical coding audit. That bit of wisdom comes from an entity that ought to know: the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office
of the Inspector General (OIG). Click Here to Read More
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2019 CPT Coding for Skin Biopsies
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For many years we have used two codes to report skin biopsies. CPT 11100 for the first lesion and 11101 for each additional lesion biopsied after the first lesion on the same date of service. These codes included all methods of removal. The new code ranges
are... Click Here to Read More
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