News & Analysis

Q&A: Reporting procedures for gastroesophageal reflux disease in ICD-10-PCS

March 6, 2020
News & Insights

Q: We are seeing more fundoplication surgeries and esophageal sphincter augmentation procedures for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease at our hospital. Do you have any tips for our coders when reporting these procedures in ICD-10-PCS?

Q&A: Disclosing PHI of incapacitated patient

March 4, 2020
News & Insights

Q: If a patient has overdosed and is incapacitated, is the doctor or nurse allowed to call the patient’s family or friends to let them know?

Q&A: Criteria for packaged observation services

March 2, 2020
News & Insights

Q: What are the criteria for receiving the C-APC for observation services (8011)?

This month's coding Q&A

March 1, 2020
Briefings on APCs

Our coding experts answer questions about reporting interbody fusions, billing requirements for insulin infusion pumps, and more.

Q&A: CPT coding for an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

February 28, 2020
News & Insights

Q: What CPT codes would you use to report an anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion performed at the same level during the same session?

Q&A: Most effective HIPAA training strategies

February 27, 2020
News & Insights

Q: Sometimes employees don’t seem to have a great understanding of HIPAA even after they have received HIPAA training. What HIPAA training strategies work best?

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