Thoughts on the September ICD-10-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting
Since I missed the September ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Meeting, which is typically one of my favorite annual events on the calendar, I have reviewed
Since I missed the September ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Meeting, which is typically one of my favorite annual events on the calendar, I have reviewed
The Age-Friendly Hospital Rating is a new structural measure included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS)
What additional procedure may be performed along with a basic 2D echocardiogram of the fetal heart, and how is it coded when medically necessary and documented in the patient record?
Can physical therapists bill PT codes separately when they conduct assessments and individual treatment services included in a PR program?
Can we report 88388 for the capture of interdepartmental examination of tissue specimens when it is submitted for further study i.e. genetic analysis?
When coding a US retroperitoneal Complete for US kidneys ureters bladder, my sonographers tell me that nine times out of ten, the ureters in most patients are not visible unless there is hydronephrosis. If we image the kidneys and bladder but the ureters are not seen and charge a complete, should the radiologist dictate ureters are not visualized so we can charge a complete (code 76770)?
What codes do we report for monoclonal antibody Beyfortus™?
I was recently presented with a case and asked about the proper way to handle it, and I thought it would be a good matter
By now, most of you are surely familiar with the No Surprises Act (NSA), a federal law that protects patients from unexpected medical bills. The
This article will feature one part poll, one part legal discussion. First, the poll: do you have the sense that administrative law judge (ALJ) hearings
Well, the debate was held between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, and healthcare, particularly the Affordable Care Act (ACA), emerged as
When searching for an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to enhance medical coding or clinical documentation integrity (CDI), healthcare organizations face a rapidly evolving landscape of

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