Coding Tips
The use of Artificial intelligence (AI) is expanding and inevitable in health systems. Read excerpts from our panel discussion on January 11.
January 2022’s Coding Tip covers the extraction of bone marrow from other sites such as a femur according to ICD-10-CM/PCS coding guidelines.
As of 1/1/2022, a new CPT code set will go into effect. Current Procedural Terminology features 249 new, 93 revised, and 63 deleted codes.
December 2021’s coding tip covers how to code a vNotes hysterectomy, a procedure done under endoscopic vision.
Currently there is no specific device value for the COVID-19 booster and or third COVID-19 vaccination. Assign the sixth character device value “U,” COVID-19 vaccine, when the additional dose is provided to the patient. A proposal for a new ICD-10-PCS code was presented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid at the September 2021 ICD-10…
Learn more about B3.7 (Control vs. More Specific Root Operations) and B4.1C as two important ICD-10 guideline changes for fiscal year 2022.
In an unprecedented move, CMS has proposed in the 2022 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Rule to put back on the inpatient only list all 298 services that they had previously removed from the IPO list in CY 2021.
When will we implement ICD-11 for use on healthcare claims in the US? That’s a question everyone wants the answer to, but the true answer is – no one knows. However, when we know the answer on the following three key questions, we’ll be able to predict the implementation date in the US. Will the…
Learn more about codes 33995 and 33997, which are new to the 2021 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).
The annual final rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) MS-DRGs was issued on August 2, 2021. [1] This final rule is effective October 1, 2021. [2] It was proposed in April that 3,490 unspecified diagnosis codes currently designated as either CC or MCC would…