It is very important to remain very cautious when coding for burns in an emergency setting. This is mainly because the medical coding rules and regulations for burn care are complex, are subject to change often and errors can cause big revenue loss to your practice....
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), around 60 percent of children having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD in the United States become adults with ADHD (8 million adults or 4 percent of the adult population). However,...
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are among the most serious and fatal disorders affecting Americans. CVD disorders affect the heart or blood vessels. Stroke, IHD (ischemic heart disease), RHD (rheumatic heart disease), congenital heart disease, hypertensive heart...
As per the National Institute of Health (NIH), around 750, 000 Americans are affected by severe sepsis every year and around 210, 000 of these people die. The major impediment to providing treatment for sepsis is that it is very hard to distinguish the disease in its...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has made a significant change in the reporting of modifier -59, which will have considerable impact on medical coding in 2015. A new set of specific HCPCS modifiers has been introduced to selectively identify subsets of...
