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 the liver. The overuse of alcohol, diseases caused by viruses like...
Each year, healthcare providers and their medical billing and coding service providers prepare for updates to the ICD-10 diagnosis code set. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the ICD-10 codes and Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines for...
Good nutrition is essential to prevent and manage diseases and to keep people live longer. Malnutrition is a condition that occurs when the body does not get enough nutrients. The World Health Organization defines malnutrition as the “deficiencies, excesses, or...
Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes are the most common professional services that a medical billing and coding company helps physicians report on claims. The rules for documenting these services are periodically re-evaluated and revised to improve patient care and...
March is national Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month. This public health initiative aims to raise awareness about this widely prevalent medical condition and its potentially life-threatening complication, pulmonary embolism (PE). The American Medical...