Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
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Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
- Conquering Case Mix:
Add These 3 Ostomy V Codes To Your Case Mix List
Earn your agency the maximum available points by perfecting your V55.x sequencing. For the first [...] - Prospective Payment System:
Know The Score With Case Mix V Codes
V55.x codes don't belong in M0246. The points you'll receive when reporting case mix codes [...] - Clip and save:
BEWARE THESE PPS Coding SECRETS
V codes and manifestation codes may not work the way you think. If you're looking [...] - You Be The Coder:
Let Your Cat-Bite Coding Skills Out Of The Bag
Question: Our patient has an infected cat bite of the hand. She also has cellulitis, [...] - V Codes That Trigger Case Mix Consideration of M0246 Codes
- Coding Tip:
Don't Let Revised PPS Trip Up Your Diabetic Ulcer Coding
Avoid listing V58.30 as principal. Coding for diabetic ulcers was already confusing and the way [...] - Reader Questions:
Make The Connection With Hypertension
Question: What codes would I list for a patient with benign hypertensive chronic kidney disease [...] - Reader Questions:
Clear Up Abscess Confusion
Question: If the physician performed an incision and drainage (I&D) for an abscess, but there [...] - Reader Questions:
Don't Start Off With Neoplasm Table
Question: When assigning diagnosis codes for patients with cancer, I often have difficulty finding the [...] - Reader Questions:
Let Cause Of Injury Dictate Code Choice
Question: Our new patient recently returned home from the hospital following an accidental fall. The [...] - Reader Questions:
Avoid V57.x Overuse
Question: I have been listing the V57.x (Care involving use of rehabilitation procedures) codes only [...]
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