Eating disorders refer to illnesses that are characterized by irregular eating habits and severe distress or concern about body weight or shape. Eating disorders include Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia nervosa, Binge Eating Disorders (BED), Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake...
As the complexity of the medical coding process increases with the transition to ICD-10 and annual CPT code updates, there is a need for revenue cycle management solutions that will promote accurate billing. The demand for healthcare services is growing with the aging...
The goal of immunization providers is to ensure that vaccines reach all people who need them. Accurate vaccine coding increases opportunities for enhanced/appropriate reimbursement, reduces audit and liability risks, and improves information flow. Various vaccine code...
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...
As you wrap up an eventful 2016, you need to prepare your medical practice for the changes in store for 2017. For one, there will be 75,625 ICD-10-PCS codes for the fiscal year (FY) 2017, of which 3,651 are new codes and 487 are revised. There are also many CPT coding...
