by Kristi Pollard | Sep 13, 2022 | Blog, Webinar FAQs
Q: What is the difference between biliary drainage using an ERCP approach and percutaneous biliary drainage?A: When a biliary stent is placed in the biliary tree for drainage using an ERCP approach, a scope is inserted into the mouth and through the esophagus,...
by Kristi Pollard | Aug 25, 2022 | Blog, Webinar FAQs
Q: Does acute/chronic respiratory acidosis really code as acute/chronic respiratory failure? Can a code for respiratory acidosis be reported with the respiratory failure codes?A: Yes, that is how it is indexed in ICD-10-CM. There is an Exclude2 note for code E87.29,...
by Kristi Pollard | Jul 21, 2022 | Blog, Webinar FAQs
Q: How do you code for a through and through lip laceration when the mucosa, subcutaneous tissue, and skin are all repaired? Can you report code 40650 with a code for the skin repair?A: Assign only code 40650 for repair of a through and through lip laceration. This...
by Terri Reid | Jun 29, 2022 | Blog
Last year’s wound care webinars dove into the proper coding of wound care and offered several resources. We received so many fantastic follow-up questions that we felt it would be best to share and elaborate on them in another webinar. Questions surrounding...
by Kristi Pollard | Jun 15, 2022 | Blog, Webinar FAQs
Q: When a patient has sepsis due to COVID-19, is the sepsis code always sequenced first? A: No. Sequencing depends on whether the sepsis was present on admission and meets the definition of principal diagnosis. If a patient presented with a COVID-19 infection and...
