Recorded January 23, 2020 with special guest Margaret Skurka, MS, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA Electronic health records and on-line ICD-10 look up have … [Read more...]
Diagnosis coding for biopsy sent for pathology
Question: What diagnosis code should you use when sending a skin biopsy to pathology? a) D48.5 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of skin, or b) … [Read more...]
Diagnosis coding for screening colonoscopy
Some of you have read my blog post on coding for screening colonscopy. The questions I get about that article are all related to diagnosis … [Read more...]
ICD-10 coding for suspected cancer
Diagnosis coding for possible malignancy How would you feel if your primary care physician and your general surgeon told you—and told your insurance … [Read more...]
Can you screen for an existing condition? | Diagnosis Coding for Lab Services
Sometimes, the hardest thing about coding for preventive services isn’t the visit at all. It’s the labs. Patients come in for an annual physical … [Read more...]
Diagnosis Coding for Tick Bites
Question: Why is it so hard to code for a tick bite? And, how is it coded? Answer: The provider searches for the word “tick” and in many … [Read more...]
Aftercare and Follow-up: ICD-10 Coding
Aftercare visit codes cover situations in which the initial treatment of a disease has been performed but the patient requires continued care during … [Read more...]
Pecked by a parrot. Oh no, not again!
We’ve all had a lot of fun with the ICD-10-CM external cause codes. But, do we need to use them? The answer to that is no according to the official … [Read more...]