Pain management practices face several unique medical billing challenges. Accurate billing and coding is essential for proper reimbursement and compliance, but can be challenging due to the complexity and specificity of the treatments. Outsourcing pain management...
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How to Report and Code for Diabetes Insipidus
An uncommon disorder, diabetes insipidus causes an imbalance of fluids in the body that leads to the production of large amounts of urine. A normal person makes 1 to 3 quarts of urine a day....
How to Code for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a condition that affects the blood vessels outside the heart and brain. Also known as peripheral arterial disease or peripheral vascular disease, the condition...
Coding Kidney-related Illnesses
Kidney-related illnesses can interfere with the body's capacity to clean the blood, filter extra water out of blood, and regulate blood pressure. Any injury to your kidneys can lead to a build-up of...
Medical Codes for Reporting Common Skin Conditions
Skin diseases or disorders refer to conditions that affect the skin. These include all conditions that tend to clog, irritate or inflame the skin. Temporary or permanent, these conditions may cause...
What are the Changes to Prolonged Services Coding in 2023?
Prolonged services are direct (face-to-face) services provided by a physician or other qualified health professionals that require unit/floor time beyond the usual services in either the inpatient...
How to Document and Code Arterial Embolization
Vascular surgery is performed using a traditional surgical approach and a minimally invasive catheter-based endovascular approach. Arterial embolization is a minimally-invasive procedure that blocks...
How do you Code and Bill for Subdural Hematoma?
Head injury is a matter of serious concern that requires medical attention. A person suffering even a minor head injury may not experience any specific issues in the beginning, but internal bleeding...
What is ERA in Medical Billing?
Medical billing is a complex process that involves many phases and managing it efficiently for proper claim submission and appropriate reimbursement from insurance companies. That's why most...
What is an EOB in Medical Billing?
Medical billing involves several steps and completing them correctly and in a timely manner is the key to successful claim submission. Today, most healthcare providers rely on medical billing...
2023 Integumentary System CPT Code Changes and Guidelines
The 2023 CPT code set that came into effect on Jan. 1 includes 225 new codes, 75 deletions and 93 revisions. There are three new codes in the integumentary system section, one code revision, and one...