Neuropathic pain is a common condition that medical billing and coding companies help pain management specialists report. Radiculopathy is a type of neuropathy that refers to a range of symptoms...
Outsourcing Medical Coding and CDI Improves Data Integrity – Survey [Infographics]
According to the latest Black Book survey, medical coding outsourcing and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) efforts have seen more accurate claims coding, increased case mix indexes, and...
Reporting Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) in 2018
Sinusitis also called rhinosinusitis or sinus infection is a common inflammation of the air cavities that produce the mucus necessary for the nasal passages to work properly. It is one of the more...
Documenting and Reporting Collaborative Care Management in 2018
An estimated 54 million Americans are affected by some form of mental disorder in a given year, according to Mental Health America. Psychiatric collaborative care management (CoCM) is a proven...
How to Document Ovarian Cancer Using ICD-10 and CPT Medical Codes
Ovarian cancer, considered as the tenth most common cancer among women in the United States, refers to any cancerous growth that appears in the ovary (reproductive glands). It occurs when abnormal...
Reporting Knee Orthoses – CPT Codes and Documentation Essentials
Knee orthoses or braces are an important element in pain management billing. They are a part of a treatment protocol that may include surgery, drugs and physical therapy. Physicians prescribe...
Reporting Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in 2018
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) or upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is an important element in gastroenterology medical billing. EGD is a procedure that involves the introducing a small, flexible...
Gastrostomy Tube Placement – 2018 ICD-10 and CPT Codes
Enteral feeding or tube feeding is used for patients who have a functioning gastrointestinal tract but are unable to take any food or sufficient food orally. Clinicians frequently rely on enteral...
Coding Personal Injuries and Accidents in ICD-10
Injuries are coded from Chapter 19 of ICD-10 titled "Injury, Poisoning, and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes” (codes S00-T88). These codes make up over 50% of all ICD-10 codes. While...