A craniotomy is the surgical removal of part of the bone (called a bone flap) - from the skull to access/expose the brain. The section of bone - called the bone flap - is removed using specialized tools. The procedure is performed to gain access to the location where...
There's good news for medical coding companies and clinical documentation experts. A Health IT Analytics article reports that a pair of recent industry polls by Black Book show that outsourcing...
A recent article in Neurology Today highlights the importance of accurate Medicare Risk Adjustment / Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) coding for physicians practices and RADV audit services...
Starting October 1, 2017, a new set of ICD-10 codes have come into effect for blindness and low vision. Coders in medical coding companies will have to fully understand how to use the new code set...
Starting January 1, 2017, medical coding companies began using new codes to report administration and scoring of a patient-centered health risk assessment and a caregiver-focused health risk...
Ribs serve as protection for vital organs of the chest cavity such as the heart, lungs, liver, and spleen. There are 12 pairs of ribs attached to the vertebra (backbone) at the back and 10 of which...
In recent years, several new technologies have made difficult medical conditions easier to treat and manage. However, experts caution that physicians adopting/advocating advanced tools should be...
Ophthalmic injuries due to improper viewing are quite common after a solar eclipse. Things are the same in 2017 too. People across the United States had the opportunity to view a total solar eclipse...
This is an update on the July 3, 2017 blog "Ensuring Accurate Claim Submission for Transitional Care Management Services". Transitional care management (TCM) describes the oversight and coordination...
ICD-10 coding is complex and many physician practices make use of medical coding services to report the right diagnostic codes for various medical conditions. Ohio physicians will now have to report...
New ICD-10 codes will take effect starting October 1, 2017. Healthcare entities and medical coding companies are preparing for implementation of the finalized 2018 ICD-10-CM classification set,...