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11. Improve Your Hydrocephalus Coding With These Expert Tips
May 31, 2012
Spina bifida, congenital hydrocephalus map to more definite codes.
While you report a communicating, obstructive, idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, or one owing to other acquired deformity of the head when ICD-10 hits, the good news is the choices aren't exten...
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12. Knee Coders Toolkit: Revealed - Answers to Top-5 Knee Coding Questions
May 17, 2012
Want to know what you can bill with your arthroscopy claims? Look no further
We've compiled five of our subscribers' most pressing knee coding questions and asked our experts how to code them. Read on to firm up your knee coding knowledge.
Bypass Limited Synovectomy Bun...
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13. Keep Track of Prenatal Care With Category II Codes
May 17, 2012
CPT 2005 also renumbers 6 older codes
If your practice wants to itemize all initial prenatal care visits, then check out the new ob-gyn Category II code, 0500F.
As of Jan. 1, you'll have a host of other new and renumbered Category II codes to choose from. The American Medic...
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14. Increase Reimbursement Potential When Reporting 92585-92586 and 95925-95930
May 17, 2012
A number of important limitations dictate proper reporting of evoked potential (EP) studies. By knowing how many units of a particular EP code you can claim per day and when to claim separately reportable studies, you can minimize coding mistakes and improve reimbursement.
Codes to Consi...
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15. ICD-9: Make Valve Coding an Open-and-Shut Case
May 16, 2012
Coders often have trouble finding the correct diagnosis code for a patient with a heart murmur, but you can quickly pump out the right ICD-9 code if you know three key facts: the origin of the valve disorder, the nature of the problem, and whether more than one valve is involved.
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16. How to Get Paid for Drug Monitoring Tests
May 16, 2012
We'll tell you how to use 3 new V codes
Physicians sometimes order lab tests to monitor patient response to medication - but your lab can't get paid without showing medical necessity. ICD-9-CM 2004 adds three new specific drug-use V codes you'll have to use according to CMS' National Covera...
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17. How to Ensure Proper Prostate Nodule Diagnosis Coding:600.x or 239.5
May 16, 2012
A urologist performs a prostatic nodule biopsy to determine if the nodule is benign or malignant. But there is no specific ICD-9 code for a prostatic nodule of malignant potential" " says Michael A. Ferragamo MD clinical assistant professor of urology at State University of New York Sto...
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18. Get Paid for Laparoscopy Turned Open Using the Correct Modifier
May 16, 2012
Sometimes general surgeons begin a procedure laparoscopically, but decide to convert to an open procedure due to intraoperative findings. For general surgeons, this most often occurs during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Such a conversion, however, may also take place during any laparoscopic proced...
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19. Get Paid for Stent Placement and Removal in Same Session
May 15, 2012
When a urologist changes a ureteral stent, the question is whether he or she should bill for the placement of the new one only, or for the placement of the new and the removal of the old. There is no single code for stent exchange" " but there is a code for "removal" and another code for "placement....
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20. Get Paid for Interpretation of Lab Tests
May 15, 2012
"Pulmonologists often require test results to diagnose illnesses and then determine treatments. The level of the physicians involvement with the test, along with some other ground rules, can subtly alter the way the activity is coded and billed. Knowing which codes allow modifier -26 for professiona...
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