Hypertensive Heart Disease (HHD) refers to damage inflicted on the heart as a result of prolonged high blood pressure (hypertension). It is one of the leading causes of illness and death associated with hypertension. HDD includes conditions such as: Left ventricular...
Postoperative complications significantly contribute to patient morbidity and mortality, prolonged hospital stays, and increased healthcare costs. These complications can be general or specific to the type of surgery performed. Accurate reporting of postoperative...
Emergency department (ED) visits identified by CPT code 99285 require three key components: comprehensive history, comprehensive examination, and medical decision making of moderate complexity. However, a large proportion of all emergency department (ED) visits are...
Just as other medical specialties, cardiology is also periodically updated with new diagnosis and procedure codes that increase the challenges of cardiology medical coding. It is crucial for physicians and medical coders to understand these codes, current definitions,...
The need for medical coding outsourcing is increasingly being felt by all kinds of healthcare practices, because of the new ICD-10 codes that seem to add further complexity to the already tricky coding process. The ICD’s 10th edition features many new codes and...
