The American Medical Association completely overhauled the CPT ® Manual’s psychiatry subsection for 2013. Shelley C. Safian, PhD, CCS-P, CPC-H, CPC-I, explains the new codes and guidelines associated with psychiatric services.
Coding for stent placement procedures will look very different in 2013. The American Medical Association deleted the two CPT ® codes used to report nondrug-eluting intracoronary stent placement procedures.
Coders will find plenty of changes throughout the musculoskeletal, respiratory, and cardiac sections of the CPT® Manual for 2013, as well as guidelines changes, deletions, and editorial revisions. Andrea Clark, RHIA, CCS, CPC-H, Georgeann Edford, RN, MBA, CCS-P, and Marie Mindeman walk through some of the major changes for 2013.
So far, we’ve covered three different ICD-10-PCS guidelines for multiple procedures. We’ve looked at how to report multiple procedures involving: Same root operation, different body parts as defined...
Happy 2013! We survived the Mayan apocalypse and received a one-year extension on ICD-10 implementation (which according to some people is more of an apocalyptic event than 12-21-12). Where do your...
After a six-month delay, the Recovery Auditor prepayment review demonstration program began in August 2012. The program continues through August 2015, at which point CMS will determine the potential for a national rollout.
As part of the 2013 OPPS final rule, CMS finalized a clarification to 42 CFR 419.2(b) that could cause confusion in the future if hospitals are audited by third-party payers or by Medicare contractors who do not fully understand the intent of the language or how CMS develops payment rates, says Jugna Shah, MPH, president of Nimitt Consulting based in Washington, D.C.
Providers and coders seem to speak two different languages-clinical and coding. Providers already have issues parsing ICD-9-CM "coder speak," so how can you get them to understand ICD-10?
Upon quick glance, the FY 2013 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting probably look very familiar to coders. They're comparable in length to the ICD-9-CM guidelines. They also follow the same format.
In this month's issue, we review the major changes to OPPS for 2013, discuss the potential impact of CMS' packaging clarification, examine therapy, molecular pathology changes, offer suggestions on how to begin teaching providers to speak ICD-10, and answer your coding questions.
The biggest operational change for outpatient facilities for 2013 does not appear in the 2013 OPPS final rule. Instead, CMS announced changes to reporting therapy services in the 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule.
Hospitals earned a big win with drug payments this year in the 2013 OPPS final rule, released November 1. CMS decided to finalize its proposal to follow the statute and reimburse facilities at the average sales price (ASP) plus 6%.
After a six-month delay, the Recovery Auditor prepayment review demonstration program began in August 2012. The program continues through August 2015, at which point CMS will determine the potential for a national rollout.
The holiday presents have all been unwrapped, and while the children were (mostly) thrilled by their gifts, their parents aren’t as pleased with what happened once the kids started playing with them...
The AMA added new CPT ® codes to report transcatheter aortic valve replacement for 2013. Shelley C. Safian, PhD, CCS-P, CPC-H, CPC-I, details these and other code changes for cardiology.
As part of the 2013 OPPS final rule, CMS finalized a clarification to 42 CFR 419.2(b) concerning packaged services. Jugna Shah, MPH, and Valerie Rinkle, MPA, explain how this clarification could cause confusion in the future if hospitals are audited by third-party payers or by Medicare contractors who do not fully understand the intent of the language or how CMS develops payment rates.
CMS recently posted an updated version of the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) manual to the CMS NCCI website . The manual includes changes identified in red text and will be effective with dates of service January 1, 2013.
Coders will find significant changes in the medicine section of the 2013 CPT® Manual . Denise Williams, RN, CPC-H, and Georgeann Edford, RN, MBA, CCS-P, review the changes to nerve conduction studies, vaccine administration, ophthalmology, and allergy testing.
