Diabetes means your blood glucose or blood sugar is too high. With type 1 diabetes, your pancreas does not make insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps glucose get into your cells to give them energy. Without insulin, too much glucose stays in your blood. Over time, high blood glucose can lead to serious problems […]
Diabetes is a common disease that occurs when your blood sugar is too high. Type one diabetes is when the pancreas doesn’t make enough insulin, causing blood glucose levels to rise. Type two diabetes is when the body produces enough insulin, it just doesn’t use it properly. One in 5 Americans over the age of […]
Pre-Diabetes Screening involves the testing of asymptomatic, high-risk individuals to assess whether they meet the criteria for either prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. Screening for prediabetes and diabetes is more frequently done in health care settings than in community settings. The process used to target and test patients may include a team approach, employing various […]
Results of a recent coding and clinical documentation pilot study indicate that the ICD-10-CM coding classification changes made for diabetes mellitus have significantly improved coding for this disease. The results of the study noted that although a few ICD-10-CM “unspecified” diabetes codes were assigned, the majority of the diabetes codes sufficiently captured the diagnoses as […]
One of the most frequent errors can result from using the wrong modifiers. In addition to the accurate coding of treatment, medical claims must be billed in combination with codes for additional services performed in the office, the corresponding modifiers, if necessary, and ICD-10 or diagnosis codes. In this article, we will be discussing wrong […]
Beneficiaries who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid often experience difficulties accessing durable medical equipment (DME), such as wheelchairs, in a timely manner. Whether Medicare or Medicaid covers a specific item may be unclear. Medicaid usually is the “payer of last resort,” which means that DME suppliers generally must obtain a Medicare denial before […]
One of the most frequent errors can result from the submission of invalid modifier combinations. In addition to the accurate coding of treatment, medical claims must be billed in combination with codes for additional services performed in the office, the corresponding modifiers, if necessary, and ICD-10 or diagnosis codes. In this article, we will be […]
Reference (Outside) Laboratory: When laboratory procedures are performed by a party other than the treating or reporting physician, the procedure may be identified by adding Modifier 90 to the usual procedure number. For the Medicare program, this modifier is used by independent clinical laboratories when referring tests to a reference laboratory for analysis. Modifier 90 […]
All hospital staff members working in the wound center provide services under the direct supervision of an advanced practitioner (AP) (I.e. physician, podiatrist, or nurse practitioner). The practitioner can be employed by the hospital or in private practice. There have been cases in which providers’ alleged failures to satisfy provider-based criteria have given rise to […]
The Medicare National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) includes Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) edits that define when HCPCS)/ Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes should not be reported together either in all situations or in most situations. For PTP edits that have a Correct Coding Modifier Indicator (CCMI) of “0,” the codes should never be reported together by the […]
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