In this post ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding for positive HIV status Medical practice reimbursement for individual claims based on CPT® Common HIV diagnosis codes Question: For an HIV positive patient without symptoms, is the correct diagnosis code Z21 or B20? What difference does it make to reimbursement? Answer: Following ICD-10 guidelines, a patient with HIV status […]
Archives for August 2017
To Credit or Not to Credit: Auditing E/M Services
Recorded September 21, 2017 When it comes to auditing E/M services, there’s black, white and a whole lot of gray. Reasonable auditors can disagree. So, how can auditors and coders accurately select a level of service? First, by thorough knowledge of the Guidelines themselves. Second, by developing a set of internal, defensible policies that address the […]
Everything You Want (And Need) to Know About E/M Services
Evaluation and Management (E/M) services account for 30% of the revenue paid by Medicare for all physician services. For many specialties, E/M codes account for 60-70% of total revenue. Maximum reimbursement depends on understanding the rules related to these services. The goal of this presentation is to teach these rules for office E/M services with […]