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.
Recruitment Services with RT Welter & Associates
Did you know we now offer recruitment services? With our medical practice management experience, we CAN bring you the best candidates to fit your organization, and at a lower placement fee! Health Care is a service business. Good medical services require good personnel. Good personnel make for happy customers, good patient flow, an efficient and effective…
R. Todd Welter Visits 5 Beijing Hospitals in 5 Days
RT Welter and Associates is thrilled to announce that our own R. Todd Welter recently revisited Beijing, China to work directly with healthcare professionals in providing insight to the American Healthcare System. CEO of RT Welter and Associates, R. Todd Welter went to visit 5 hospitals in 5 days in a whirlwind trip to Beijing,…
Health Hazards in China… Fun with ICD–10
Z77.110 — Contact with and (suspected) exposure to air pollution.
Z77.128 — Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazards in the physical environment.
K90.1 — Cochin-China diarrhea.
CTS Thanks to the EMR! — Fun with ICD-10
G56.01 — Carpal tunnel syndrome, right upper limb.
G56.02 — Carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper limb.
Z57.8 — Occupational exposure to other risk factors.
Z56.6 — Other physical and mental strain related to work.
Y92.531 — Health care provider office as the place of occurrence of the external cause.