Tag Archives: Electronic Health Records

Improved Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Guidelines

Posted on February 14, 2019 by MedicalBillersandCoders.com

ICD-10-CM implementation brought several significant changes to the OCG (Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting) with regard to Chapter 9 (Diseases of the Circulatory System) I.C.9.e Acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Preparing yourself for coding updates based on MI type is … Continue reading →

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2019 NCCI update impact on medical billing and coding

Posted on February 7, 2019 by MedicalBillersandCoders.com

NCCI – National Correct Coding Initiative promotes the correct coding methodologies. Furthermore, it controls inappropriate coding leading to wrong payments in Part B claims. The CMS annually updates the National Correct Coding Initiative Coding Policy Manual for Medicare Services. The … Continue reading →

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Top 7 Challenges with Wound Care Medical Coding

Posted on February 5, 2019 by MedicalBillersandCoders.com

Medical necessity denials traditionally focus on high-dollar MS-DRGs, such as those for hip and knee replacements; other MS-DRGs may also soon become targets. We have identified some of the challenges in Wound Care Medical Coding. Healthcare providers are likely to perform … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Outpatient reimbursement questions for Wound Care

Posted on February 4, 2019 by MedicalBillersandCoders.com

Do outpatient reimbursement challenges frustrate you a lot? Medicare reimbursement regulations that are currently impacting wound care practices. Wound care professionals still have to follow the coding, payment, and coverage regulations for submitting claims to traditional Medicare. Below are top … Continue reading →

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How Medical Billers and Coders (MBC) changing the face of General Surgery Medical Billing?

Posted on January 21, 2019 by MedicalBillersandCoders.com

General Surgery, in the midst of forte explicit medical procedures, has not lost its sheen, and general specialists keep on being the particular decision for various surgeries. Doing negligible obtrusive medical procedures (applying creative and progressed Robotic innovation) for more … Continue reading →

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EVALUATING YOUR AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION MEDICAL BILLING PROCEDURE

Posted on January 17, 2019 by MedicalBillersandCoders.com

  Ambulance medical billing has been under the lens of Medicare for a very long time due to the fabrication of medical charges and unreasonable billing rates for the patients during an emergency. In September 2015, a report was released … Continue reading →

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Acquaint Yourself with 9 New HCPCS Modifiers

Posted on January 15, 2019 by MedicalBillersandCoders.com

A modifier is a two-digit numeric or alphanumeric character reported with a HCPCS code, when appropriate. Modifiers are designed to give Medicare and commercial payers additional information needed to process a claim. This includes HCPCS Level I (Physicians’ Current Procedural … Continue reading →

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