Orthopedic Coding Alert
Get Hip to Post-PHE HIPAA World Before it Arrives
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Orthopedic Coding Alert
- Condition Spotlight:
Know Hip Dislocation Types for ICD-10, CPT® Success
Do you know how the surgeon typically diagnoses hip dislocations? When a patient dislocates their [...] - Case Study Corner:
Try Your Hand at Coding This Spinal Deformity Surgery Scenario
Remember, there are anterior and posterior arthrodesis codes. In last month’s issue of Orthopedic Coding [...] - Compliance:
Get Hip to Post-PHE HIPAA World Before it Arrives
Here’s how to ready your practice for PHE end times. The COVID-19 public health emergency [...] - You Be the Coder:
Multiple Ganglion Cyst Injections
Question: Encounter notes indicate that the physician performed a level-three evaluation and management (E/M) service for [...] - Reader Questions:
Modifiers LT/RT not Always the Answer
Question: Encounter notes indicate that the orthopedist performed an office evaluation and management (E/M) service for [...] - Reader Questions:
Separate Pre-Exam Shot, CT
Question: Encounter notes indicate that the provider performed injection for contrast in a patient’s right knee [...] - Reader Questions:
Head to These Codes for Specific Juvenile RA
Question: Encounter notes indicate that a patient suffers from pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (PJRA) of the [...] - Reader Questions:
Look Around This Code’s Notes for Periarthritis Dx
Question: Encounter notes indicate that a patient suffers from “periarthritis NOS.” Is there a specific diagnosis [...]
