Coders must be familiar with ICD-10-CM reporting guidelines for common neurological conditions. This article unpacks recent updates to the nervous system chapter of ICD-10-CM including 14 new codes ...

CPT Coding is an essential part of the patient visit for any clinic or hospital based physician who see a patient for management of a medical condition. To bill Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Ready or not, the U.S. healthcare industry is poised to ...

Curtis Dubay, recognized as a leading expert on taxation issues, is a former research fellow in tax and economic policy. The House of Representatives recently passed H.R 4302, a temporary "fix" to the ...

Doctors and hospitals will have a higher bar to clear when submitting insurance claims, starting today. Federal law requires them to begin tracking patient care and submitting insurance claims using ...

Ongoing education and assessment are critical to success for healthcare systems transitioning to the new code set, according to early adopters at the American Health Information Management Association ...

It’s not too early for health systems and physicians to begin training for the ICD-10 transition that takes effect in October 2014, but fortunately, it’s also not too late, according to two ICD-10 ...

Here are seven simple ways to prepare your ambulatory surgery center and staff for the ICD-10 switch in 2014. 1. Know what is required. The version of ICD-10 being ...

Like its predecessor ICD-9, ICD-10 has codes for family history or personal history of certain conditions. In the index, the history codes are divided into family history and personal history. The ...