In this note, we will review proposed changes to quality programs for inpatient acute and long-term hospital services, and changes to address existing inequities and prevent future inequities in the delivery of these services, including significant improvements to data collection and analysis capabilities.
Hip and knee replacements are two of the most commonly performed elective surgeries, according to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Review major joint anatomy and CPT coding for hip and knee revisions and replacements. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
Staten Island University Hospital overcharged Medicare an estimated $11.8 million for inpatient and outpatient services billed over a two-year period, according to a recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report.
While technological solutions and electronic health records have made leaps and bounds over the past years in the inpatient setting, there still seems to be much lacking on the outpatient side. Learn how to leverage existing technology to track Hierarchical Condition Category capture and other coding metrics.
Pacemakers are small devices implanted in the chest to help regulate inconsistent heart rates. Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, COBGC , breaks down documentation and CPT coding for pacemaker insertions, repairs, and relocations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released the fiscal year (FY) 2022 ICD-10-CM code set which includes 159 new, 20 revised, and 32 deleted ICD-10-CM codes. CMS also released the finalized ICD-10-PCS codes for FY 2022, which includes 191 new, 62 revised, and 107 deleted ICD-10-PCS codes. The code changes take effect October 1, 2021.
Shelley C. Safian, PhD, RHIA, CCS-P, writes that inpatient Removals of a device from a lower bone may be performed less frequently than other procedures, which creates a need for more education on reporting ICD-10-PCS codes from table 0QP. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
Q: Per Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2017, when a spinal fusion is performed without bone grafting it cannot be coded to the root operation Fusion in ICD-10-PCS. Is this advice still accurate?
