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W55.52XA — Struck by raccoon
L23.7 — Contact with poison ivy
T62.1X1A — Toxic effect of poisonous berries
Read MoreIt appears that the Veterans Administration will allow Veterans to seek care from private providers! We need to look into how this will be done, to be prepared. How does a provider contract for this? Credentialing? Possible volume and where? Under pressure to improve care, the Department of Veterans Affairs will allow more veterans to…
Read MoreSeems to be the Season for the Notice of Material Change! The health plans are required to send out a NOMC anytime there is a change that may affect provider compensation. Times, must be a changing, as we are seeing an unprecedented number of NOMC notices. Managed care contracting is, increasingly, more about strategy than…
Read MoreS06.0X0A — Concussion without loss of consciousness S01.01XA — Laceration of scalp W16.022A — Fall into swimming pool, striking bottom and causing injury Y93.12 — Platform diving In preparation for the upcoming deadline for ICD-10 implementation, RT Welter presents weekly ICD-10 Codes of the Week! Our goal is to familiarize you with the new and…
Read MoreL55.2 — Sunburn of third degree Y93.17 — Water skiing T33.531A — Frostbite of fingers Y93.23 — Snow skiing In preparation for the upcoming deadline for ICD-10 implementation, RT Welter presents weekly ICD-10 Codes of the Week! Our goal is to familiarize you with the new and expanded code set and the additional clinical documentation…
Read MoreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken its first step toward improving its efforts to ensure the effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and quality of care quality for Medicare beneficiaries in through the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program. Last week, the federal agency announced the selection of Livanta LLC and KePRO as Beneficiary and…
Read MoreICD-10 Compliance Date On April 1, 2014, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) (Pub. L. No. 113-93) was enacted, which said that the Secretary may not adopt ICD-10 prior to October 1, 2015. Accordingly, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services expects to release an interim final rule in the near…
Read MoreJ30.1 — Allergic rhinitis due to pollen J30.2 — Other seasonal allergic rhinitis J30.81 — Allergic rhinitis due to animal (cat) (dog) hair and dander J30.89 — Perennial allergic rhinitis In preparation for the upcoming deadline for ICD-10 implementation, RT Welter presents weekly ICD-10 Codes of the Week! Our goal is to familiarize you with…
Read MoreSuccessful population health management is not possible without data. The form that information takes depends on the role being played by a particular player in population health management: provider, patient, or payer. With passage of the Affordable Care Act and the movement toward value-based reimbursement, health plans find themselves facing challenges similar to those of…
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