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Primary Care Coding:
In Asthma Notes, Know Difference Between Extrinsic and Intrinsic
Question: I work at a family medicine practice and our providers see patients with asthma.... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Know Your Responsibilities for FMLA Certifications
Question: What information do we need to provide for a patient who's seeking leave through... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Understand How SDOH Affects Your Patients — and Your Bottom Line
Hint: Don't forget comorbidities when you're coding. As the first stop in many healthcare... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Get the Answers to All Your Vanderbilt Assessment Coding Questions
Don't forget to brush up on your ADHD coding knowledge. If your provider has been adminis... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Learn this Eating Disorder Acronym
Question: I work at a primary care practice and one of our providers documented a patient ... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Understand How Location of Osteoarthritis Narrows Code Choices
Question: There are several types of osteoarthritis (OA), lots of places it can manifest, ... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Try These Tips to Code Pressure Ulcers Accurately
Code for quality of care, not just reimbursement. According to the Agency for Healthcare ... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Don’t See All Injections As Prescription Drug Management
Question: One of our clinicians administered a cortisone injection for a patient during an... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Lean on Symptoms Coding Without Definitive Diagnosis
Question: A patient presented with fever, headache, fatigue, muscle aches, and swollen gla... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Use the Index to Correctly Code This Ataxia With Stroke Case
Question: During a patient's annual wellness exam, my provider documented “ataxia with h... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Some Specificity Needed for Alcohol Use Reporting
Question: My practitioner recently documented “occasional alcohol use” in the soc... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Perfect Your Coding When Physicians See Patients in Nursing Homes, Hospice
Plus: Nail down the right SNF visit codes. When your primary care provider sees patients ... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Take This Advice for Seamless BHI
Here's how to bring everyone together to streamline services and improve patient outcomes.... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Look to Cause, Not Timing on Allergy Dx
Question: A patient presents with complaints of runny nose, sneezing, nasal congestion, an... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Include This Z Code When Reporting Prescription
Question: I work at a primary care provider's office. A provider saw a patient who came in... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Use These Codes to Navigate Reporting Parkinson’s Disease
Question: What's the difference between Parkinson's disease and secondary Parkinsonism? Th... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Bring Your Measles Coding Up to Speed, Part 1
Don't overlook the CDC vaccine schedule and your HIPAA practices. If you've been paying a... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Understand Primary Care Exception
Question: What's the criteria for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) t... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Bring Your Measles Coding Up to Speed, Part 2
Here's what to do when immunizations don't go forward. In the first part of this series o... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Use These New Codes for Genetic Susceptibility
Question: Is there a way to report a patient's genetic predisposition to cancers and other... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Understand Expansive Options for Purpura Dx
Question: I work for primary care providers at a family practice, and one of our providers... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Rely on Descriptor to Evaluate Appropriateness of Code
Question: A primary care provider performed an echocardiogram (EKG) in-office to see wheth... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Navigate Dementia Care With This 99483 Advice
And take note of all these validated cognitive assessment tools. If you've ever used 9948... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Find Appropriate Z Code for Evaluation Encounters
Question: A patient scheduled an appointment because they needed to have a physical before... Read more
Primary Care:
Use This Modifier for This Common Patient Situation
Question: Our office saw a patient that is a Medicare beneficiary. According to the provid... Read more
Primary Care:
Be Ready for a Return to Prepandemic Telehealth Rules
Requirements regarding originating and distant sites may now determine payment. Telehealt... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Add Injection-Only Codes For Allergy Season
Question: We have a patient who receives their allergy medication from an online source to... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Independent Historian Should Be Clinically Necessary
Question: A patient came to an encounter with their spouse. Although the patient does not ... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Don’t Miss Code Notes for CGM Interpretation Codes
Question: I report 95251 when a provider evaluates the blood glucose levels of a patient w... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Rely On a Strong Documentation Foundation for Behavioral Health Coding, Part I
You can show providers the significance of thorough documentation by letting money talk. ... Read more
Primary Care:
Learn When and How to Correctly Use Personal History Codes
Refresh your knowledge of the Z codes to accurately report past medical conditions that af... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Rely On Discrete Documentation for Specific Encounter
Question: One of the primary care physicians (PCPs) I work for documented a visit: a 78-ye... Read more
Primary Care Coding:
Rely On These Codes When Reporting Portal Communication
Question: The primary care physician (PCP) I work for had a conversation with an establish... Read more
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