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Medical Coding
ICD-10 Codes for Coding a Common Dental Condition – Hyperdontia
A common dental condition, hyperdontia causes excess number of teeth to grow in your mouth. Also known as supernumerary teeth, these extra teeth can appear in any of the curved areas (called dental...
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair – Report the Correct CPT Codes
Repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is one of the many procedures that a medical coding and billing company helps cardiovascular surgeons document, code and report. Aneurysms are the...
ICD-10 Codes for Coding Emphysema – A Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Emphysema is a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath. In people with emphysema, the air sacs (the inner walls of the lungs-alveoli) get damaged,...
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) – Essentials of Diagnosis and Coding
It is estimated that approximately 300,000 children in the United States have some type of arthritis. The most common type of childhood arthritis is juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, now called...
Emergency Room ICD-10 Codes for Independence Day Mishaps
With the fourth of July just around the corner, Americans will be busy planning for a long weekend and finding ways to celebrate this year’s Independence Day. It is the perfect time to bring family...
Coding Osteoporotic Fractures – What Coders Should Know
Osteoporosis is a systemic condition, meaning that all bones of the musculoskeletal system are affected. As this disease is characterized by low bone mass with microarchitectural disruption and...
2019 CPT Codes for Epidural Injection Procedures and Diagnostic Selective Nerve Root Blocks
As a pain management medical coding company, we help pain management physicians flawlessly navigate code and guideline revisions, and report services in keeping with payer policies and federal and...
ICD-10 Codes to Report the Auto-Immune Disease Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular disease characterized by weakness and rapid fatigue of voluntary muscles. It's caused by a breakdown in the normal communication between nerves and muscles. In...
Medical Codes for Meniscectomy – A Common Arthroscopic Surgery
If you happen to experience swelling and well-localized pain in the knee, which is made worse by twisting or squatting motions, then it must be a symptom of a torn meniscus. A meniscus (also called...
Meet E/M Documentation Requirements to Maximize Revenue and Minimize Audit Risks
The evaluation and management (E/M) patient visit is the most common element in family practice medical billing. Billing the correct E/M level is necessary to avoid loss of revenue, payer billing...