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ICD-10-CM Code for Congenital pneumonia, unspecified P23.9

ICD-10 code P23.9 for Congenital pneumonia, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period .

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Congenital pneumonia, unspecified

P23

Includes: infective pneumonia acquired in utero or during birth

Excludes1: neonatal pneumonia resulting from aspiration (P24.-)

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Plan of care oversight billed by 2 different providers for unrelated conditions
My understanding of care plan oversight is that only 1 physician may bill for it. The physician that orders and signs the home care orders should be billing for it. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cgs... [ Read More ]
Billing for Hospice service after discharge from facility
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Coordination of Care for Chronic Patients
[url]http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0500/p23.html[/url] CARE PLAN OVERSIGHT... [ Read More ]
How to put E&M codes and labs together
[url]http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0700/p23.html[/url] offers this information: Lab specimen transportation Q: Can you explain the proper use of CPT code 99000? How does it relate to specimen collecti... [ Read More ]
Cpt 69210
Check the CMS NCCI Policy Manual, Chapter 8 (60000-69999). In addition: ...mere wax removal (eg, via lavage) does not warrant the reporting of CPT code 69210. Rather, that work would appropriately b... [ Read More ]
Using Time stmt, billing 'incident to'
[QUOTE="dtricia, post: 277375, member: 51425"]I believe it is perfectly ok for NP to use time when billing incident to. Manager says only the billing provider can base billing on time. A NP and MD ... [ Read More ]
mid levels and time - incident to
Here's some info that may help. This article on [URL="http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/1100/p23.html"]The Ins and Outs of Incident-To Billing by Alice Gosfield[/URL] on the American Acadamy of Family Phy... [ Read More ]
G0179 & G0180 help
[b]G0181[/b] Found this on another forum site. Hope it helps. Patients are eligible to receive CPO services if they require complex treatment, are being cared for by multidisciplinary teams and are... [ Read More ]
99211 - I am OM for a very busy pediatric
[b]99211-Medication refill[/b] [url]http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0200/p23.html#fpm20070200p23-sa3[/url] Question:I often see patients for a follow-up of chronic medical problems after I authorize a ... [ Read More ]
Incident to is MediCARE only
I'm with Tessa, also... The [B]creation[/B] of "incident to" was geared towards Medicare... AAFP has a really good article on this... [U]When Medicare was enacted, Congress provided for payment to ... [ Read More ]
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