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What We’re Reading – Improve Clinical Documentation for ICD-10

Your administrative staff has probably hounded you for years to improve your documentation. With the ICD-10 transition around the corner on October 1, 2014, clinician documentation will be more important than ever. The code sets from have expanded from 14, … Read Full Post

Tagged clinical documentation, coding & billing education, coding and billing, coding guidelines, dcoumentation, icd 10 vs icd 9, icd10, icd10 transition, improving documentation, medical practice, practice management |

What We’re Reading – Medicare E/M claims for new patients

Beginning on October 1, 2013, CMS will use a new claim edit to determine if more than one initial visit code was billed for a Medicare beneficiary within a three year period. This edit will also identify claims where established … Read Full Post

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What We’re Reading – Bilateral procedures and MUEs

Are you stumped on when to use modifier 50 instead of modifiers LT and/or RT for Medicare? Modifier 50 is defined as a bilateral procedure which is performed on both sides of the body in the same operative session or … Read Full Post

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ICD-10 Implementation is not just Doom and Gloom

Doomsday predictions certainly abound – Heaven’s Gate, Y2K, the Mayan apocalypse – and they all came and went with a fizzle. ICD-10 has its own group of “end of the healthcare world as we know it” zealots who predict catastrophe … Read Full Post

Tagged basics of icd-10 coding, center for medicare and medicaid services, coding and billing, coversion to ICD-10, documentation, documentation guidelines, home health agencies, icd-10 assessment process, icd-10 conversion, icd-10 implementation, physician offices, poor documentation, practice management, practicing icd-10, transition to ICD-10 |

What We’re Reading – Sometimes physician query is imperative

A staff member’s role is one of supporting the clinician. However, in the area of coding and billing, the perspective is more of collaboration as the employee must appropriately transfer the practitioner’s documentation into correct codes, advise him/her on the … Read Full Post

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Tag Archives: coding and billing

What We’re Reading – Improve Clinical Documentation for ICD-10

What We’re Reading – Medicare E/M claims for new patients

What We’re Reading – Bilateral procedures and MUEs

ICD-10 Implementation is not just Doom and Gloom

What We’re Reading – Sometimes physician query is imperative

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