U.S. government civil healthcare fraud settlements exceeded $1.6 billion in 2022, according to the recently released 2022 Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report.
Anemia describes a condition in which the number of red blood cells or their oxygen-carrying capacity is insufficient. Review the types of anemia, diagnostic criteria, treatment, and ICD-10-CM coding. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
Spinal surgery for hospital coders can be very challenging if they do not know the rules for assigning the correct ICD-10-PCS codes. Nancy Reading, RN, CPC, CPC-P , reviews spinal anatomy and surgical approaches, and offers tips on how to select the most appropriate characters in ICD-10-PCS.
The healthcare setting can feel like a courtroom in the denials and appeals arena. By assessing the effort that goes into an appeal and the difference that comes out of them, coders and CDI specialists may find that the chasm between clarifying a patient record and defending it isn’t as wide as they think.
