by Natalie Tornese | Posted: Nov 5, 2021 | Medical Billing
ICD-10 2022 has a total of 72,748 codes, including 159 additions, 32 deletions, and 20 revisions. The new 2022 ICD-10 wound care codes that became effective on October 1, 2021 include codes for irritant contact dermatitis, anemia and blood disorders, thrombotic...
by Rajeev Rajagopal | Posted: Oct 6, 2021 | Medical Coding
Medical coding is the first stage in the medical billing process. It involves assigning standardized codes to diagnoses and medical procedures. One of the main challenges for healthcare organizations is knowing the thousands of ICD-10 codes and CPT codes as well as...
by Rajeev Rajagopal | Posted: Aug 16, 2021 | Medical Coding
A skin lesion is an area of the skin that appears different from surrounding skin in terms of color, shape, size, and texture. As they are a common condition seen in the primary care setting, family physicians need to be knowledgeable about the different types of skin...
by Natalie Tornese | Posted: Jul 8, 2021 | Industry News, Resources
“Wound” and “ulcer” are 2 major categories of wounds from the ICD-10 coding perspective – the acute form is categorized as wound and the chronic form is categorized as ulcer. While wounds are caused by an external force, ulcers are the result of some internal issues....
by Natalie Tornese | Posted: May 6, 2021 | Industry News, Resources
A widely used treatment modality for managing different chronic pain stages, spinal cord stimulation delivers low-level electrical signals to the spinal cord or to specific nerves to block pain signals from reaching the brain. Typically, implanted or placed under the...
