Varicose veins are a common condition treated in physicians' offices and hospital outpatient departments. Several types of procedures are used to treat incompetent veins. Medical coding outsourcing...
Strategies to Overturn and Prevent Medical Necessity Denials
Hospitals and other healthcare organizations are under continuous financial stress and various operational challenges in the post COVID-19 era. Among them, medical necessity denials is a persistent...
Orthopedic Medical Coding Ideas for Closed Treatment of Fractures without Manipulation
Of the different fracture treatment methods such as closed reduction and percutaneous fixation an orthopedic physician provides, closed treatment without manipulation involves fitting the patient to...
How to Document and Code Patellar Tendinitis Using ICD-10
Outsource Strategies International (OSI), a Managed Outsource Solutions company is an experienced medical billing and coding company in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We are dedicated to assisting physicians, new...
Hypertensive Crisis Documentation with ICD-10 Codes
Outsource Strategies International (OSI), an experienced medical coding company in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is dedicated to providing accurate medical billing and coding services for diverse medical...
Diagnosing and Documenting Pneumonitis – An Overview
Pneumonitis is a general term that refers to inflammation of lung tissue. Also referred to as hypersensitivity pneumonitis, this disorder is caused when a person has an allergic reaction in their...
How to Report Screening for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), previously referred to as "venereal disease", are on the rise. Common STDs include genital herpes, human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis,...
CMS Replaces G codes for Mammography with CPT Codes
This blog is an update to our post published on February 10, 2017 - Use New CPT Codes Correctly to Maximize Reimbursement for Mammography in 2017. Mammography for breast cancer screening has seen...
Increased Claim Denials Cost Hospitals $3.5 million, Finds Survey
According to the Revenue Cycle Survey from Advisory Board that involved healthcare executives from 90 organizations and data from nearly 300 organizations, hospitals wrote off as uncollectable 90%...