This week’s Medicare updates include the FY 2023 IPPS Final Rule, a request for information on improving Medicare Advantage, an implementation transmittal for the updates to the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System, and more!
This week's Medicare updates include the FY 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System final rule, the FY 2023 Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System final rule, the FY 2023 Hospice Payment Rate Update final rule, and more!
A broken nose is a break in the bone or cartilage over the bridge of the nose or over the septum—the structure that separates the nostrils. Debbie Jones, CPC, CCA, explains how to select the most specific CPT codes for nasal fracture and dislocation treatments.
The 3-day payment rule is known to coders by various names such as the 72-hour rule, the 3-day payment window, or MS-DRG window policy. Kimberly Lee M.Ed., RHIA, CCS-P, describes how to navigate the rule’s nuances for billing purposes.
Because of the prevalence of eating disorders, coders should become familiar with their types, symptoms, codes, and relevant guidelines. They appear in ICD-10-CM under category F50 (eating disorders), but codes for individual symptoms appear throughout the manual.
This week’s Medicare updates include the renewal of the COVID-19 PHE for another 90 days, three new items added to the OIG Work Plan, billing information for the COVID-19 Novavax vaccine, and more!
