Coding Case1. The potential ICD-10 codes for this case may include: N76.0 Acute vaginitis N76.1 Subacute and chronic vaginitis N39.0 Urinary tract infection, site not specified Z30.09 Encounter for initial prescription of other contraceptives Z87.891 Continue Reading...
Billing and Coding Tech
Technological developments within society in general has caused many changes in how society operates and solves its problems. The healthcare field is no exception and has utilized some of these improvements. The purpose of th Continue Reading...
Clinical Staff of Nightingale Home Care Inc.
There will be significant changes within the organization as we embrace changes set by the American Medical Association. As RN's and LVN's, we are responsible for adapting to the internal policy changes Continue Reading...
Medical Coding Ethics
Ethical Concerns in Health Care Delivery: Focus on Medical Coding and Billing Practices
The objective of this study is to examine ethical concerns medical coding and billing in the physician office. Medical coding and billing Continue Reading...
Transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is used by health organizations globally to track disease incidence and prevalence (WHO, 2012). ICD is also used in some countries to manage healthcare reimbursement and Continue Reading...
It would then become incumbent on the experienced coder to be able to read through the injuries and determine the accurate code to use. Another issue Kramer, Barancik, and Thode, Jr. (1990) found was that certain areas of the body lacked a code when Continue Reading...
Each standardized nursing language is designed for use in a number of clinical settings, including home care, ambulatory care, and inpatient treatment, with certain languages providing decided advantages within particular circumstances. Although it Continue Reading...
For example, a nurse or physician may come across a patient that is near death due to pregnancy complications and the only way to save the mother is ostensibly to abort the fetus. That is the medical standard but many doctors and nurses would stay f Continue Reading...
Medical billing and coding can be described as the process of presenting and following up on claims to health insurance companies for the purpose of obtaining payment for services provided by the healthcare provider. Regardless of whether an insuranc Continue Reading...
Healthcare Management
In today's healthcare environment, practice managers have to face important financial issues they did not struggle with 10 years ago. One of those is with the billing of healthcare, since so many different methods and options a Continue Reading...
ICD and CPT CodesICD and CPT codes are both used in medical billing and coding, but they serve different purposes. ICD codes are used to describe the diagnosis or reason for the medical service, while CPT codes are used to describe the actual medical Continue Reading...
Pathways Mental HealthHp 850InstructionsUse the following case template to complete Week 2 Assignment 1. On page 5, assignDSM-5and ICD-10 codes to the services documented. You will add your narrative answers to the assignment questions to the bottom Continue Reading...
Achieving Course Goals
After review of the topics we shall be covering, relations between my nursing practice and course material became noticeable. The course topic that I felt related most to my current practice is, "grammar and punctuation" for t Continue Reading...