Long-term care facilities, also known as nursing homes, are residential facilities that provide care and support for individuals who have complex healthcare needs and require assistance with their daily activities. These facilities typically accommodate individuals...
Medical Coding
Key Considerations when Reporting Traumatic Fractures in ICD-10
The warm summer weather that everybody was waiting for has arrived. But with outdoor activity, travelling, and summer sports comes an increased number of falls, making this the time when...
Medical Coding Tips for Sleep Medicine
Sleep is essential for both our physical and mental health, but very few seem to realize how important it really is. Health consequences from sleep disorders and tiredness are shocking and it is...
Lyme Disease – Its Clinical Documentation and Coding
Lyme disease is a common infectious illness caused by four main species of bacteria - Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia mayonii, Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii. Mainly caused by the bacterium...
Twenty ICD-10 Codes to Document Animal and Bird Bites
People may visit doctors for diverse conditions and injuries. Animal and bird bites and related injuries are also quite common. The ICD-10 code set has all specific codes to document bites and...
As Temperatures Soar, Know the ICD-10 Codes to Report Heat Illness
As day-time temperatures soar, many people are experiencing heat-related disorders, including conditions that are potentially deadly. According to a CBS News report dated July 21, up to 200 million...
Injection and Infusion Coding – Tips to Overcome Common Challenges
Coding for the administration of injections and infusions involves many challenges due to extensive CPT instructional notes, hierarchy rules, and differing payer guidelines. Outsourced medical...
Ten Amusing ICD-10 Codes that Really Lighten the Mood
The ICD-10 code set, which offers greater specificity than the previous version, is designed to improve reporting of diagnoses and disorders, and streamline clinical documentation and billing....
Documenting and Coding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neurological condition that is characterized by behavioral problems related to attention, impulsivity and/or hyperactivity that interfere...
ICD-10 Codes for Five Common Cardiovascular Diseases
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an umbrella term used for a group of disorders that affect the heart, blood vessels or both. CVDs are among the most serious disorders affecting Americans. The latest...
Actinic Keratosis – Coding, Billing and Clinical Information
In an era of value-based reimbursements, rising overheads, changing codes, and increased scrutiny of claims by health insurance companies, dermatology medical billing and coding has become quite...