Introduction to Risk Coding for Medical Practices and Outpatient Services Where do we find the rules for assigning diagnosis codes in medical … [Read more...]
Diagnosis coding
Diagnosis coding establishes the medical necessity for a service, and can be the source of denials. Accurate and specific diagnosis coding is also important for groups that are part of ACO or have risk-contracts in communicating the acuity of a panel of patients.
Coding Guide – Risk Adjusted Diagnosis Coding for Medical Practices
Payment systems and reimbursement are ever-changing in healthcare and the rules of yesterday may or may not work tomorrow. Medical practices continue … [Read more...]
HCC Diagnosis Coding: Can you Add a Code from the Past Medical History?
This post describes rules for office/outpatient coding, not facility/DRG rules. Recently a fellow coder wrote to me about risk adjusted diagnosis … [Read more...]
What’s the Difference Between B20 and Z21? Which is Right for Positive HIV Status?
In this post ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding for positive HIV status Update to HIV coding in 2022 Medical practice reimbursement for individual … [Read more...]
Diagnosis Coding for Tick Bites
Question: Why is it so hard to have correct diagnosis coding for tick bites? And, how is it coded? Answer: The search function in electronic health … [Read more...]
Aftercare and Follow-Up: ICD-10 Coding
Aftercare visit codes are assigned in situations in which the initial treatment of a disease has been performed but the patient requires continued … [Read more...]
Pecked By a Parrot. Oh No, Not Again!
When we first implemented ICD-10, we 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 … [Read more...]