Lynn Anderanin, CPC, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, COSC , answers frequent questions she receives from providers pertaining to physician coding for CPT orthopedic services. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
Q: Aside from Coding Clinic , Third Quarter 2005, pp. 19–20, is there any more up-to-date advice on reporting ICD-10-CM diagnoses from physician orders?
Sarah McDonald, CPC , explains the spinal fusion process and overviews the process of constructing ICD-10-PCS procedure codes character by character. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
Kate Siemens, RN, BSN, CMSRN, CCDS , offers tips on how coders and CDI can assess patient safety indicators to improve reporting accuracy and increase quality of care.
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a study that found that high-flow nasal cannula protocols were associated with a 6.1% reduction in ICU admissions among children.
The pediatric population is smaller and involves different clinical and nuances, but this often-underdeveloped area of coding can be a source of missed revenue if left uninvestigated.
CMS published its HCPCS Quarterly Update in March, which heralded the sum of 94 HCPCS Level II code additions, discontinuations, and definition revisions. The changes became effective April 1.
Physician coders should watch out for recently implemented edits to codes that debuted January 1 in the quarterly updates to the NCCI files. The latest updates introduce 2,171 new PTP edits and 164 new MUEs.