Important Telehealth Coding Advice during COVID-19

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) lifted Medicare restrictions on the use of telehealth services during the COVID-19 emergency. TELEHEALTH FACTS: Effective March 1, Medicare will pay physicians for telehealth services at the same rate as in-person visits for all diagnoses, not just services related to COVID-19 Medicare patients can receive telehealth services…

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ICD Tip – The Latest on COVID-19

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ICD-10 MS-DRGs Version 37.1 Effective April 1, 2020 Coding Discharges on or after 4/1/2020 *Please note: As of 4/1/2020, new code ICD-10 CM U07.1 will be available Code U07.1, 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease will be implemented into ICD-10-CM with the update effective April 1, 2020. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) developed interim coding advice…

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2020 CMS E&M Guidance Telehealth Services

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As of March 17, 2020 under President Trump’s leadership, the CMS has broadened access to Medicare’s telehealth services benefits with a 1135 waiver that will pay for office, hospital and other visits furnished via telehealth starting with March 6, 2020 and lasting for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency. Prior to this waiver these benefits…

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To Query or Not to Query…

It is the responsibility of the coder to assign codes based on documentation in the chart and as guided by the code-set and the official coding guidelines. But what happens when documentation in the chart is not clear cut?

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