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Tips & Expertise: Keeping up with Cardiovascular ICD-10-CM Coding Webinar Q&A
Q: How is renovascular hypertension coded? Is it classified to category I12?A: No, renovascular hypertension is classified to category I15 rather than I12. It is not the same as hypertensive CKD. Q: Which stage of heart failure isn't coded using the heart failure...
Tips & Expertise: Breathe Easy: Tips for Successful Pulmonary ICD-10-CM Coding Webinar Q&A
Q: Should hospital acquired conditions be assigned code Y95 for nosocomial infection or only using the present on admission (POA) indicators? A: Assign code Y95 for nosocomial infection. This code encompasses both hospital and healthcare-acquired conditions,...
Tips & Expertise: Breaking Down Vascular Interventional Radiology Coding for ICD-10-PCS Part 2 Webinar Q&A
Q: How is radioembolization for liver cancer coded?A: Assign code 04L33DZ, Occlusion of Hepatic Artery with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach for the embolization procedure and code 3E053HZ, Introduction of Radioactive Substance into Peripheral Artery,...
Tips & Expertise: Breaking Down Vascular Interventional Radiology Coding for ICD-10-PCS Part 1 Webinar Q&A
Q: What is the PCS approach for VIR procedures performed via cutdown? A: The fact that cutdown was used to access the vessel does not impact the approach value. Cutdown means that an incision was made in the skin and subcutaneous tissues so the artery could be...
Six Steps for Successful Angioplasty Coding in ICD-10-PCS
Angioplasty is a relatively simple procedure in concept: insert a balloon into an occluded artery, expand it, and the result (hopefully), is a patent vessel. The ICD-10-PCS codes for angioplasty are not so simple. Since PCS codes have seven characters, there are...
New ICD-10-CM/PCS Codes Effective April 1, 2022
With the publication of the Final Rule for the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for fiscal year 2022, CMS announced that beginning April 1, 2022, ICD-10-CM/PCS code updates will occur twice a year every April 1 and October 1. For this year, there is a...
Tips & Expertise: Get Brainy in CPT Surgery Coding for the Brain! Webinar Q&A
Q: Is there a code for placement of a bone flap in the abdominal subcutaneous tissue for "storage" until the bone flap can be replaced? A: Actually yes. CPT code 61316 is an add-on code that can be reported with an appropriate craniectomy code when a subcutaneous...
Tips & Expertise: It’s Not Brain Surgery – or is it? ICD-10-PCS Coding for Brain Procedures Webinar Q&A
Q: How would you code for placement of a bone flap from craniotomy into the subcutaneous tissue for storage? Is that integral to the procedure or is there a separate code for it? A: Placement of the bone flap in the subcutaneous tissue for storage meets the root...
It’s not rocket science, but it is brain surgery!
The work of a neurosurgical coder encompasses many different types of procedures and takes you all over the CPT book. There are sections for work on the spine, the spinal cord, nerves, and brain. Since March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness month, we decided March...
The X-Factor
Publication: For the Record
In the United States, 14 states and the District of Columbia currently allow individuals to choose a third gender option—specifically, the nonbinary gender marker X—on state-issued birth certificates. The nonbinary designation includes “any person who does not identify with a gender that falls within the traditional male/female or man/woman category” as well as intersex individuals. Hear from CEO, Mary Beth Haugen, on this situation and the discrepancies that it is causing for patient matching. | Read More.
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