Stay AWAY from the Chicken Coops! — Fun with ICD–10
S01.02XA — Laceration with foreign body of scalp, initial encounter.
W61.33XA — Pecked by chicken, initial encounter.
Y92.72 — Chicken coop as the place of occurrence of the external cause.
Comprehensive Patient Payment Plans
Creating comprehensive patient payment plans makes it painless for staff and members. If you think it’s tough to create a comprehensive patient payment plan among the staff members of your own practice, imagine doing it with 115 physicians and staff spread across six locations in Utah, who process more than 1,000 claims per day. Granger…
GO AWAY SNOW! — Fun with ICD–10
S73.015A — Posterior dislocation of left hip, subsequent encounter
S62.162A — Displaced fracture of pisiform, left wrist, initial encounter for closed fracture.
W00.1XXA — Fall from stairs and steps due to ice and snow, initial encounter.
X37.2XXA — Blizzard (snow)(ice), initial encount.
Medicare Provider Enrollment Revalidation – ROUND 2!
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is beginning Cycle 2 of the provider and supplier revalidation process as required under the Affordable Care Act. Providers and suppliers will receive a revalidation notice 2-3 months prior to the revalidation date, either by mail or email. Failure to revalidate on time will result in deactivation…
Stay away from the Zika Virus! — Fun with ICD–10
A92.8 — Other specified mosquito-borne viral fevers.
R50.9 — Fever with chills.
R53.83 — Other fatigue.
Professional Sports
Are you a hardcore NBA fan who sits at the television screaming and shouting as your favorite NBA team scores the winning basket? As if you didn’t know professional sports players get paid the big money, learn more by reading the article below. Our heroes of professional sports are paid and often paid very big! …
2016 ICD-10-CM Code Changes
Written By: Toni M. Woods, CCS, CPC, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer, Director of Coding/Compliance This year many are anticipating the first update to the ICD-10 code set after a lengthy 5 year code freeze. Annually, new codes are added, revised, and deleted and with this being the first year of federally mandated use for the brand…
No Cure, But There is a Code! — Fun with ICD-10
L68.0 — Hirsutism.
Q84.2 — Other congenital malformations of hair.
Z73.4 — Inadequate social skills, not elsewhere classified.
Basic Economics
Supply and demand pressures are rising when it comes to healthcare. Yes, healthcare has supply and demand in America, regardless of our opinions on this matter! Yes, it does apply to healthcare, believe it or not. There are supply and demand pressures in pricing and in reimbursement, etc. There is even elasticity and inelasticity in cost…
Too Much Noise! — Fun with ICD–10
H83.3X3 — Noise-induced hearing loss, inner ear, bilateral.
W42.9XXA — Exposure to other noise, initial encounter.
Z73.3 — Stress.