Healthcare providers and medical coding companies had a one-year grace period for ICD-10-coded medical claims. According to a recent report in Physicians Practice, claims statistics showed improvement in Q4 2016 after the end of the ICD-10 grace period in October...
The Centers for Medicate and Medicaid (CMS) developed the Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) to calculate risk scores and adjust capitation payments made for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The CMS Risk Adjustment Model includes nearly 80...
CPT codes are updated and republished on an annual basis by the American Medical Association (AMA). Expert AAPC-certified coders in established medical coding companies keep track of these changes and report them correctly, enabling the orthopedic practices they serve...
Technological advancements have flooded the field of diagnostic and interventional radiology in recent years and new codes have been created to accommodate these changes. Reliable medical coding companies keep track of these changes as they are well aware that using...
ICD-10 was launched in October 2015 by the World Health Organization (WHO). ICD-10-CM is the United States’ clinical modification of the WHO’s ICD-10. ICD-10 features a much larger number of concepts and codes than its predecessors, and most healthcare...
