Jun 6, 2010 | Medical billing basics
Codes under category 249, Secondary diabetes mellitus, identify complications/manifestations associated with secondary diabetes mellitus. Secondary diabetes is always caused by another condition or event (e.g., cystic fibrosis, malignant neoplasm of pancreas,...
Jun 2, 2010 | Medical billing basics
The major change in coding will come on October 1, 2013, when physicians will have to switch to using ICD-10-CM with its three- to seven-digit structure and much greater complexity. • ICD-10-CM codes will have three to seven digits. • Digit one is alpha (A-Z, not case...
Jun 1, 2010 | Medical billing basics
Effective April 1, 2002, a National Coverage Decision was made to allow for Medicare coverage of ABPM for those beneficiaries with suspected “white coat hypertension” (WCH). ABPM involves the use of a non-invasive device, which is used to measure blood...
May 21, 2010 | Medical billing basics
The V code list includes codes used to document factors influencing health status and contact with health services. The V codes are used mainly in three ways: 1.When a person with a known disease or injury, whether current or resolving, encounters the health...
May 13, 2010 | Medical billing basics
Glaucoma represents a family of diseases commonly associated with optic nerve damage and visual field changes (a narrowing of the eyes’ usual scope of vision). It is the second leading cause of irreversible blindness in the United States.1 Of the various forms of...
