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    Wiki Coding pressure ulcer stages, should ICD stage be updated during healing process?

    For wound care, we are asking our providers to updated their ICD-10 codes when a wound changes stages. Example Sacral pressure ulcer stage 4 at initial assessment, but as services are being rendered, after a few visits, the staging is now at a stage 3. ICD should be updated to reflect Sacral...
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    Wiki Reporting sample drugs

    Hello does anyone report the administration of free sample drugs to the payer with a zero dollar charge along with the administration and an e/m if applicable? thank you in advance. To me it would appear audit worthy to see just the e/m and the administration without a drug of some sort. Jeffrey
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    Wiki Advance Care Planning - Is anyone out there reporting

    Hi, Is anyone out there reporting either of the 2 new CPT's for advance care planning (99497; 99498)? CMS doesn't have allowables listed for either code so I'm assuming they're for date collection purposes & will not be reimbursed if reported. I'd like our physicians to get into the habit of...
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    Wiki Would you use mod 25 or 59

    When reporting codes 99204 and 96103, would you use modifier -25 or -59? for non-medicare and medicare cases...
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