Accurate HCC coding is essential for anticipating future healthcare financial resources, so that physicians can claim appropriate reimbursement. The HCC model is a value-based payment model...
How Can You Avoid Malpractice In Medical Billing?
Medical malpractice occurs when a hospital, physician or other health care professional fails to maintain a proper standard of care and causes injury to a patient due to negligence. The negligence...
Tips To Code And Bill Mental Health Services [Infographic]
Psychiatrists treat diverse conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anorexia, substance abuse, ADHD, OCD, and PTSD. Proper reimbursement depends on accurate...
Has ICD-10 Made Medical Coding More Complicated? How Will It Change When ICD-11 Is Implemented?
ICD-10 ushered in a new era of diagnostic coding. The transition to from ICD-9 codes to the ICD-10 codes took place on October 1, 2015. ICD-10 is the tenth edition of the International...
Risk Adjustment And HCC Coding Best Practices [Infographic]
Hierarchical Condition Category or HCC coding helps paint a picture of the whole patient and communicate patient complexity. Correct HCC coding enables better health management and helps proper...
Chronic Liver Disease: Causes, Treatment, Documentation And Coding
Chronic liver disease, otherwise known as cirrhosis, is the last stage of liver disease. It is the condition which replaces healthy liver tissues with scar tissue which causes permanent damage to...
What Medical Codes To Use For These Common Workout Injuries While Billing
Workouts and exercise provides great health benefits, but also come with risk of injuries, strains and sprains. Most common causes of workout injuries include poor posture, exercising before warming...
How A Cardiology Medical Billing Company Codes Heart Arrhythmias
Arrhythmia is a cardiac condition that affects the rate or rhythm of heartbeat. The heart beats too quick, too slow, or in an irregular pattern. Major factors that can cause the condition include...
Medical Coding For Aortic Valve Diseases
The main function of heart valves is to make sure that the blood always flows freely in a forward direction. Also referred to as heart valve disease or valvular heart disease, aortic valve disease...