October 29, 2021 | Edward Townley CPC, CEMC, CUC, ROCC, Founder, Cogent9 Consulting This is the time of year that we receive our new coding manuals. First the ICD-10, which becomes effective October 1 and CPT and HCPCS manuals which come nearer to the end of the calendar year, and effective January 1. For…
October 22, 2021 | By Scott Kraft, Auditing Specialist, DoctorsManagement Like many of my auditing colleagues, I entered 2021 with a solid understanding of the rules of the 2021 E/M Documentation Guidelines, but looked forward to seeing how they were applied in practice by the rendering provider. Now that we’ve entered October, one area…
October 15, 2021 | By Michele Stevens If your facility and/or practice is providing infusion, hydration, and injection services they should be included in your annual compliance auditing plans to ensure proper coding guidelines are being followed and documentation education is not necessary to assist with any loss of revenue gaps. Infusion, hydration, and…
October 12, 2021 | By Shannon DeConda, CPC, CEMC, CEMA, CPMA, CRTT 2021 AMA guidance indicates that a general systemic symptom such as fever should not be considered a systemic system, but not all fevers fall in this category. The question typically posed is: what is the “magic” range that identifies it as no…
October 8, 2020 | By Nicholas Goodwin, Esq. With all of the data breaches and stories about identity theft, it’s easy to get numb to all of the bad news and scary stories. After all, how can identity theft really affect my family? The answers might surprise you! First, the identity theft “crisis” isn’t any…