Traumatic dental injuries refer to injuries or damage to the teeth, gums, or supporting structures of the mouth that result from trauma or external force. These injuries can vary in severity, ranging from minor chips or cracks in the teeth to more serious injuries...
Specialty Practices
Get Familiar with the Commonly Used ICD-10 Codes for Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic medical billing involves error-free coding of diagnostic procedures with the correct ICD-10 codes. A chiropractor’s first goal is to find out what is wrong and to make a diagnosis. The...
Documentation Requirements for Billing of Chiropractic Manipulation Codes
Outsourced chiropractic billing services are essential to ensure all aspects of the billing are taken care of. Documentation skills and experience are needed for efficient medical billing and...
Medicare Payment Model Brings Orthopedics Medical Coding Challenges
Medicare has begun testing its bundled payment model for hip and knee replacement in 67 metropolitan areas across the nation. This will make orthopedics medical coding even more challenging for...
What are the Spinal Subluxation Codes for Chiropractic Care of the Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Region
Chiropractic medical coding involves assigning accurate ICD-10 codes for all the related conditions ensuring timely reimbursement for chiropractic medical billing service. Subluxation is a condition...
Psychiatry Coding and Documentation – What to Know
Mental health issues are vast and include: anxiety and panic disorders, depression, schizophrenia, personality disorder, narcolepsy, and other sleep disorders. Mental health services provided by...
Medical Coding for Pain Management Services
Pain management medical coding can be a challenge for busy specialists. Pain can be acute, chronic, or both. Treatment strategies differ depending on the type of pain present. Reliable and...
ICD-10 Codes for Endocrine Disorders
Complete, clear and consistent documentation is crucial for on-time reimbursement. Just as any other specialty, endocrinologists’ reimbursement is based on the documentation in the medical record....
Resolving Challenges with ICD-10 Orthopedic Injury Coding
Though ICD-10 implementation is going smooth so far, there are still concerns associated with orthopedic medical coding, particularly injury coding. Unlike ICD-9 codes, ICD-10 codes demand much more...
How ICD-10 Impacts Chiropractic Coding
With massive expansion in the number of medical codes, ICD-10 provides chiropractors with more specific codes to report diagnosis more clearly and thereby reduce claim denials. It is estimated that...
Behavioral Health in ICD-10-CM – Features and Top Codes
Medical coding for mental and behavioral disorders in ICD-10-CM is different from that of ICD-9. Though some ICD-10 codes mirror ICD-9, there is expanded granularity for certain categories. More...