Posts Tagged ‘coding’
The end to ICD-10 code flexibility: How are you handling it?
It may be hard to believe, but ICD-10 recently celebrated its first birthday. So we thought it only fitting that we post this blog on 10-10. The change from ICD-9 to ICD-10 meant the addition of thousands of more very specific, and in some cases, very unusual diagnostic codes. Examples include: being pecked by a…
Read MoreOIG cracks down on place-of-service overpayments
Is your practice using proper place-of-service codes? If not, you’re not alone. According to a new report from the HHS Office of Inspector General, Medicare contractors may have overpaid physicians to the tune of $33.4 million for incorrectly coded services provided between January 2010 and September 2012. Why? It appears that the services were performed…
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