When CMS introduced the -X{EPSU} modifiers in August 2014 to be used in specific instances to replace modifier -59 (distinct procedural service), the agency encouraged "rapid migration" to the new modifiers.
Dave Fee, MBA, identifies updates to CMS' programming logic for comprehensive APCs and provides a step-by-step approach to determine whether a complexity adjustment will be applied.
Heart failure is the intrinsic inability of the heart to supply target organs with sufficient nutrient flow to function normally. Robert S. Gold, MD, and Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, review the clinical and coding guidelines for heart failure.
Peggy Blue, MPH, CPC, CCS-P, CEMC, and Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CCDS, review code changes in the 2015 CPT® Manual's Medicine section, including newly available products and services.
In ICD-10-CM, coders will use a seventh character, not an aftercare code, to identify follow-up treatment for an injury. Glenn Krauss, BBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, FCS, PCS, CCDS, C-CDI, C-DAM, Kristi Pollard, RHIT, CCS, CPC, CIRCC, and Anita Rapier, RHIT, CCS, explain how aftercare coding will change in ICD-10-CM.
Mental health disorders are common in the United States, with an estimated 19% of Americans 18 or older suffering from a diagnosable mental disorder, according to a 2012 survey from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a minimally invasive procedure to open up blocked coronary arteries. Laura Legg, RHIT, CCS, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer, Mary H. Stanfill, MBI, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA, and Sara Clark, RHIA, MLS, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer, explain how coders will report PTCA in ICD-10-PCS.
Jennifer E. Avery, CCS, CPC-H, CPC, CPC-I, and Betty Hovey, CPC, CPC-H, CPB, CPMA, CPC-I, CPCD, look at frequently diagnosed mental disordersand note changes for reporting them in ICD-10-CM.
