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Pick the Right ICD-9, ICD-10 Code for Postmenopausal Abnormalities - 2010-01-26 17:12:17-05
Do N95.0 and N95.2 look foreign? Get your ob-gyn ICD-10 equivalents now. Spare yourself denial hot flashes by taking this three-part postmenopausal abnormality scenario challenge. Fill In These Blanks Using Your ICD-9 Book Question 1: Your ob-gyn sees a post menopausal patient with an inflamed vagina because the tissues are thinning and shrinking. The ob-gyn notes decreased vaginal [...] Related articles:
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Want to Integrate PQRI Measures Into Your Practice? Look Here. - 2010-01-28 16:03:46-05
Participation can put extra bread in your basket. Back again for 2010 is Medicare’s incentive-driven physician quality reporting initiative (PQRI), aimed at tracking quality metric or patient care services that physicians provide. When the practice treats enough patients in the same category, some PQRI dollars might be only a few codes away. If you know the basics [...] Related articles:
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Surgery Coding Challenge: Master Microsurgery Units With This Advice - 2010-01-28 16:12:44-05
Check your EOB to make sure payers don’t apply a multiple-procedure reduction to +69990. Question: When my ENT uses a microscope during a procedure, what guidelines can I use for choosing between 92504 and +69990? Is there a rule governing how many times you can report the add-on code 69990? Answer… You can use 92504 (Binocular microscopy [separate [...] Related articles:
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Orthopedic Coding Clinic: Labral Tears - 2010-01-28 17:08:22-05
10-2:00 in the op note signals SLAP lesion repair. Even experts can land on the wrong ICD-9 code for SLAP lesion repair, but visualizing the injury region as a clock will help you distinguish one type of SLAP (superior labral anterior posterior) tear from another. Research Patient History for Accurate Diagnosis Having a solid understanding of anatomy and [...] Related articles:
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E/M Challenge: Can I Report 99214 and +99354? - 2010-01-31 14:59:05-05
Counseling representing more than 50 percent of E/M visit? Choose level based on time. Question: I have a family physician who documented 60 minutes on an established patient’s office visit. The FP diagnosed the patient with morbid obesity (278.01). Since the patient was newly diagnosed and had some difficulty understanding the doctor’s orders, the FP spent [...] Related articles:
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