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Vitamin D: Get Your Daily Dose

By Frank Mesaros
In Coding
Apr 2nd, 2020
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Deficient understanding of this essential vitamin could wreak havoc on your coding for related testing and diagnoses. Vitamin D testing is a current Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Comparative Billing Report (CBR) topic. CBRs are edu...
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Lyme disease

The More You Know About Lyme Disease the Easier It Is to Code

By Frank Mesaros
In Coding
Jul 31st, 2019
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The pesky illness can be diagnosed properly by knowing the signs and symptoms and detecting it with pathology. Lyme disease is a common vector-borne illness in the United States, with more than 300,000 cases each year, according to the Centers for Dis...
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Avoid Overpayments for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

By Frank Mesaros
In Coding
Mar 4th, 2019
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Maintain appropriate documentation and reporting for this valuable tumor treatment option. A recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) review found $25.8 million in hospital overpayments for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning, which ...
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chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Cure What Ails Your Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Coding

By Frank Mesaros
In Coding
Aug 9th, 2018
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From ICD-10-CM to CPT® to HCPCS Level II, capture correct codes in your CLL claims. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), reported using ICD-10-CM code C91.10 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia of B-cell type not having achieved remission, is the most common ...
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DNA tests

Decipher the Meaning of BRCA, ER/PR, and Her2

By Frank Mesaros
In Healthcare Business Monthly
Jun 6th, 2018
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Familiarize yourself with genetic mutations and the tests that detect them to improve your breast cancer coding. Unless you deal with the tests for breast cancer (BRCA), estrogen receptor (ER)/progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth fac...
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