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Hospitals have added nine new procedure codes to describe the introduction or infusion of therapeutics, including the additional COVID-19 vaccines recently authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration. These nine codes will be used effective April 1, 2022 Read also: New ICD-10 codes for 2022 Know Everything about Medical Revenue Services The … Read more
In ICD 10, there are lot of diagnosis codes which are very interesting to code. Being a medical coder, I always have to come across to different scenarios in a medical coding charts. Once you learn how to read a medical report, then you can easily code the ICD 10 and CPT code. When I … Read more
The main backbone of hospital’s or clinic’s business is Revenue. Medical Revenue Services play an an important role here. Services include the revenue cycle management, medical billing, charge capture etc. These services help in smooth operation of these hospitals. These services are now mainly handled using software programs specifically designed for hospitals to manage all … Read more
Basics about CTA (CPT code 71275) for Pulmonary Embolism Treatment Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) is performed to find any diagnosis present in blood vessels (angio). The most frequent procedure for CTA is performed in Chest region in Radiology facility. This is the initial procedure done for Pulmonary Embolism Treatment. The Cpt code used for coding … Read more
Code Description of CPT code 95115, 95117, 95144, 95145, 95146, 95147, 95148, 95149, 95165, 95170 95115 – Professional services for allergen immunotherapy not including provision of allergenic extracts; single injection 95117 – 2 or more injections Allergen immunotherapy is performed to treat seasonal allergies, such as allergies to pollen from grasses, weeds, and trees or to … Read more
Injuries are the big headache in ICD 10 coding. Since, the time ICD 10 has been implemented, their has been high increase in coding errors in injury and fracture coding. Though, we have overcome the common errors of ICD 10 , we need to still learn more to improve our coding skills. ICD 10 has … Read more
Sample Chart 1 Reason For Exam cancer;Other Report PROCEDURE: PICC PLACEMENT USING ULTRASOUND AND FLUOROSCOPIC-GUIDANCE: CLINICAL INFORMATION: Malignant neoplasm of tonsil. FINDINGS: This central venous catheter was inserted with all elements of maximal sterile barrier technique, cap and mass and sterile gown and sterile gloves and sterile full body drape and hand hygiene and 2% … Read more
The CPT Editorial Panel has approved a new vaccine administration code (0034A) for the administration of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine booster for patients who had previously received the Janssen single-dose primary vaccine. Immunization Administration for Vaccines/Toxoids 0031A Immunization administration by intramuscular injection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (coronavirus disease [COVID-19]) vaccine, DNA, … Read more
CMS also released Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group (MS-DRG) V39.1 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its April 1, 2022 diagnosis files on Dec. 23, 2021. The updated files include a Tabular Addendum, Index Addendum, Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines update, ICD-10-CM Order File, and List of Codes and Descriptions. The Tabular Addendum … Read more
In diagnosis coding, we have specific coding guidelines for each chapter. In ICD 10 codes, we have very specific codes and this specificity can be calculated from diagnosis codes for pregnancy chapter. In pregnancy complication codes, we have now specific ICD 10 codes for each trimester and weeks of gestation (Z3A category). Be careful with … Read more