Typically treated as a medical emergency, acute respiratory failure (ARF) occurs when fluid builds up in the air sacs of your lungs, which stops the lungs from releasing oxygen into your blood. If...
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New ICD-10 Coding Guidelines for Low Vision and Blindness [Infographic]
Starting from October 1, 2017, a new set of ICD-10 codes came into effect for low vision and blindness. Coders in medical coding companies use these new codes accurately in the medical claims they...
Documenting and ICD-10 Coding for Parkinson’s Disease [Infographic]
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement. People with this condition may experience tremor, slowness of movement, limb rigidity as well as gait and balance problems....
Learn the ICD-10 Codes to Document Eating Disorders [Infographic]
Eating disorders can develop during any stage in life but typically appear during the teen years or young adulthood. Clinical documentation of these disorders using ICD-10 codes can be done better...
Coding Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Repair [Infographics]
Medical coding for cleft lip and cleft palate deformities can be a challenging process. For accurate and timely medical billing and claims submission, healthcare practices can outsource their...
Outsourcing Medical Coding and CDI Improves Data Integrity – Survey [Infographics]
According to the latest Black Book survey, medical coding outsourcing and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) efforts have seen more accurate claims coding, increased case mix indexes, and...
Learn about EHR Medical Coding and Challenges Involved
Using Electronic Health Record (EHR) in a meaningful way helps physicians to improve office workflow and efficiency, improve the quality of patient care and make better decisions regarding patient...
Get to Know the Right ICD-10 Codes for Influenza and Pneumonia
The U.S. is now experiencing a severe flu season and CDC officials reported 51.4 hospitalizations due to influenza per 100,000 people in the week ending January 27. Accurate documentation is...
Medical Coding Service: List of Key Changes in Spinal Procedure Coding in 2017
Every year on January 1, the CPT is updated with new, revised and deleted codes. Medical billing and coding companies must be up to date with these changes, so that they can assist physician...