Our medical coding company keeps track of updates to medical codes in order to help physicians ensure accurate billing of claims. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the ICD-10 code changes for 2019 on June 11, 2018. There are 473 code...
A hypertensive crisis occurs when the blood pressure rises quickly and severely with readings of 180/120 or greater. This condition affects more than 500,000 Americans each year, or approximately 1% of hypertensive adults. Uncontrolled hypertensive crisis may lead to...
Primary care physicians are often asked to evaluate a patient prior to surgery at the request of the surgeon. Patients at an advanced age and those with significant medical problems face increased risk for surgical morbidity and mortality, and preoperative evaluation...
First confirmed in Brazil in May 2015, Zika virus has spread rapidly, reaching 23 countries and territories. When it comes to the medical coding of this virus, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has recently recommended that the ICD-10 code...
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV is a retrovirus that affects the human immune system and allows people become much more susceptible to infections and diseases. This virus found in body fluids (semen, vaginal fluids, blood and breast milk) of the infected...
