I had a patient who delivered the first twin vaginal and then there was a shift change and another provider came in and they were having decelerations and the second twin was taken by csection with a ... [ Read More ]
By Brad Ericson MPC CPC COSC The Centers for Medicare 38 Medicaid Services CMS is crowing about what it says was another successful ICD10 endtoend testing April 27 through May 1. The agency said Medic... [ Read More ]
The time is near when ambulatory surgical centers ASCs join the ranks of facilities required to participate in a federally mandated quality reporting program. Beginning with dates of service on or aft... [ Read More ]
Medicare contractors received updated instructions and specifications in December for the January 2012 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor IOCE. Theyll use version 13.0 to edit claims paid under the Out... [ Read More ]
The Centers for Medicare 38 Medicaid Services CMS released the July 2009 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor IOCE Specifications version 10.2. This quarter8217s update hosts a number of noteworthy chang... [ Read More ]
Coding when a secondary insurer and Medicare disagree. By G.J. Verhovshek MA CPC Medicare requires providers use HCPCS Level II codes G codes to report a number of services for which there may be appr... [ Read More ]
