More than 660,000 Americans are being treated for kidney failure or end stage renal disease (ESRD) and of these, 468,000 are dialysis patients, according to the latest U.S. Renal Data System Annual Data Report. Demand for kidney dialysis is expected to increase with...
Expert coders in medical billing and coding companies are well aware of the significance of modifiers which provide additional information about medical procedures represented by CPT/HCPCS codes. Modifiers 54, 55 and 56 are “split care” modifiers that are...
Skin biopsy is one of the most common procedures that dermatologists perform on a daily basis. The coding changes unveiled for dermatology include a set of six new biopsy codes (three primary codes, each with an add-on code). The new skin biopsy codes are CPT...
Less than a month after the disastrous flood Hurricane Florence swamped South Carolina, tropical storm Michael arrived. Health hazards after such natural catastrophes are not that easy to document and manage. In its latest ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and...
Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is a rare, neuromuscular disorder that affects the central nervous motor neurons (also called corticospinal neurons) and causes them to slowly break down. The condition may lead to painless but progressive weakness and stiffness of the...
