The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new ICD-10-CM/PCS codes for implementation on April 1, 2022. Medical billing and coding companies will use several new ICD-10 diagnosis and...
Healthcare policies and reforms are ever-changing, so it is important to keep up with this changing landscape with effective RCM (Revenue Cycle Management) strategies. Medical practices need to streamline their administrative operations so that financial outcomes can...
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 implemented in 2004 to assign Risk Adjustment Factor (RAF) to each Medicare...
Chronic pelvic pain refers to pain in the pelvic area that lasts for at least 6 months. This pain is a common condition in women. Several conditions ranging from disorders in the gastrointestinal tract to gynecologic diseases and urologic abnormalities can produce...
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 Classification of Diseases and allows for a greater level of specificity with...
