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ICD-10-CM Excludes1 Notations Impact the Bottom Line

Alert coders of Excludes1 conflicts to help you catch problems in problem lists and avoid costly denials and rework. By Rebecca Caux-Harry, CPC In April’s Healthcare Business Monthly (pages 56-57), in the article “Take the Problem Out of Problem Lists,” authors Mary Wood, CPC, CPC-I, and Michael Warner, DO, CPC, CPCO, CPMA, AAPC Fellow, include […]

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Are these considered central line placements?

1) R femoral vein introducer placed.

2) Placement of a dual lumen temporary R femoral hemodialysis catheter placed.

Is a central line placement, CPT 36556, appropriate for these procedures referenced above?

In order to report a central line placement, MUST the provider state where the tip resides? Many times I do not see any documentation indicating where the tip of the device terminates. I see that ultrasound is used quite a bit to locate the vein, but no doc indicating where the tip of the catheter terminates.

Please help!

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CMS-1500 Line 24J NPI #?

Hi,

I am being instructed by an insurance company to use the group NPI# in Line 24J? Is that even allowed/legal? I’ve never done that before and I always thought it is suppose to be only the rendering physician’s NPI # that goes in box 24J.

Can anyone offer any advice or input on this situation? I believe it may have to do with the insurance company’s fee rates are tied to box 24J. I think our contract may be set up wrong.

Thank you,
Micki

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us for intravenous line placement can ED doc bill that ? What CPT code ?

Complete, Entered, Signed in Full, General

Language Services Used or Declined: Not Applicable – Interpreter Services not required.

Event Note:
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Consulted by Dr Silver from pediatric hematology to assist with vascular access in this 17 year old male with epidermolysis bullosa and chronic iron defiency anemia for planned labwork and iv iron infusion. patient registered at hematology infusion center and transported to ED for ultrasound guided phlebotomy and IV placement.

patient accompanied by mother, home nurse and Dr Silverman from peds hematology

Procedure Note:
Procedure: intravenous line placement
Indication: chronic difficult vascular access, chronic iron defiency anemia, for scheduled phlebotomy and IV access to assist with iron infusion
22 gauge 1.5 inch needle placed under sonographic guidance in LUE vein
good blood return, flushed easily with normal saline with sonographic confirmation into vein – no resistance. Secured with gauze and paper tape as pre patient’s skin care protocol.

Labs and clinical care handed off to Dr Silver to transport patient back to infusion center for his iron infusion.

Time Spent: 90 minutes

dr Fox MD

What CPT code would you use ? Thanks

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Improve Your Bottom Line, Get a Virtual Medical Receptionist

There may come a time when you have to make a vital business decision between getting more front line staff to help your swamped medical practice or to get a virtual medical receptionist. After reading this article, you will see that getting a virtual medical receptionist, whether it is to enhance the service of your medical office or to improve your bottom line, is a more viable and smart business decision. One that will make you wonder why you didn’t have one in place a long time ago.

First impression counts

Now, let’s start with the disadvantages of a human medical receptionist. Being in the service industry, you have to understand that first impression really counts. When potential patients call your medical office, your receptionist staff will be their first point of contact. Let’s say that your receptionist is having a bad day and answer the phone not in a friendly and professional way, most likely it will put off potential patients. How can they trust a medical office that doesn’t even respect their patients on the phone?

When things get too hectic

Then there’s the problem of multi-tasking. Your receptionist is bound by the fact that humans can only do so much at the same time. As competent as your receptionist is, when things get too hectic, no doubt it will badly affect his or her work performance. Imagine this: patients are pouring in that demand their full attention, phones are ringing non-stop, there are loads of administrative things to take care of on top of that; this is the challenge faced by your medical office.

Virtual medical receptionist is reliable

So how will a virtual medical receptionist help you? Some of the best traits of a virtual medical receptionist is that it’s consistently reliable and dependable. By reliable, it means that a virtual medical receptionist can answer phone calls in a friendly, natural and warm voice — all the time. It is not affected by personal problems or bad moods, so your patients will always feel appreciated.

It works 24/7

A virtual receptionist can work 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. What’s even better, it doesn’t require any supervision at all. This is a sure-fire way to keep your medical practice ahead from the competition, as most only operate during the regular 9-5 business hours. With a virtual medical receptionist in place, patients can call to make appointments at any time of the day and night. They can also change or cancel their appointments the same way.

Other advantages of a virtual receptionist

A virtual medical receptionist can handle multiple phone calls at the same time. This means, your patients will never get a busy tone when they call your office. Also, gone will be the days when patients are told to wait for a long time on the phone as the office staff is busy taking other phone calls or tending for patients.

Conclusion

It is obvious the many advantages that a virtual receptionist has. It is reliable, dependable and can work 24/7 without supervision. A virtual medical receptionist is also a more cost-effective solution rather than hiring more staff. There is no maintenance fee as well. Ultimately, it can help increase your bottom line.

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Risk Adjustment Calculations in the Commercial Line of Business

Small group and individual markets have unique strategic opportunities for coding and operational processes. Risk adjustment is predictive modeling that assesses members’ risk for incurring medical expenses above or below the average during a defined time. Demographics and health status are used to determine health plan payments, which also can assist with care management needs. […]
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Any suggestions for on line foot & ankle coding help, like SuperCoder or whatever?

A foot and ankle specialist joined the group about a year ago. I had never coded foot and ankle before so I wanted to learn as he grew. However, he is now extremely busy and performing very complicated surgeries…often!

I’m looking into getting some on line help and I have noticed that there are several services out there. I was wondering if any of you can recommend which one to either go with, or stay away from?

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