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Gastroenterology Coding Challenge: Repositioning a G Tube - 2010-02-07 21:25:11-05
Reading 44373’s code descriptor is key to getting your G Tube claim right. Question: The gastroenterologist goes to the hospital to treat a patient that had recently been admitted because his gastrojejunostomy tube had migrated to his stomach. After performing a problem focused interval history and exam, the gastroenterologist decides to perform an EGD to reposition the [...] Related articles:
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Collections: Banish Co-pay, A/R Problems - 2010-02-07 21:34:20-05
5 tips help you recover deserved pay. Collecting money from patients, especially during a recession, can be challenging. If your front desk is responsible for collecting copays and sometimes old balances, its success or failure has a dramatic impact on the practice’s bottom line. Check out five ways you can improve your front desk collection efforts: 1. When [...] Related articles:
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Critical Care Coding FAQ: Become a Master of Time - 2010-02-09 01:11:31-05
Beware: CPT, CMS differ on ‘family discussion’ parameters. When the physician treats a patient with a critical illness or injury, you need to know when to start and stop the critical care clock in order to avoid miscoding. Check out this FAQ to find out what’s part of critical care, what’s not, and how to correctly [...] Related articles:
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CMS Will Soon Issue Consult Code Replacement Advice, According to Open Door Forum - 2010-02-10 00:19:43-05
Plus: You can now download a list of all practitioners who can order/refer. If you’ve been confused about how to report low-level hospital visits now that consult codes are gone, you aren’t alone. CMS intends to tackle this problem by issuing more specific guidance on the topic in the near future. That’s according to a Feb. 2 [...] Related articles:
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Surgical Coding: Capture Extra Work for Choledochal Cyst - 2010-02-10 00:22:16-05
Discover these subsequent reconstruction codes. Question: The surgeon treated a patient with a large choledochal cyst. The procedure involved an open cholecystectomy with en bloc excision of extrahepatic bile ducts (roux-en-Y reconstruction) with hepaticojejunostomy. What are the correct CPT and ICD-9 codes? Answer: The correct ICD-9 code will depend on whether the patient has an acquired [...] Related articles:
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