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Review foot anatomy and diagnosis codes to accurately report fractures
Coders have many more options to report diagnoses of the foot in ICD-10-CM, with the ability to include laterality, location, and other details related to the injury. Review the bones of the feet and tips for additional documentation details to note when choosing codes for foot fractures. 
Note the details for CPT coding of shoulder injuries
The shoulder girdle has the widest and most varied range of motion of any joint in the human body. That also makes it one of the most unstable. Read about the anatomy of the shoulder and which coding options exist for procedures of the shoulder. 
2017 OPPS final rule: CMS expands comprehensive APCs, details site-neutral policy
Jugna Shah, MPH, and Valerie A. Rinkle, MPA, look at comprehensive APC (C-APC) expansion for 2017 and how that will lead to many new codes to be included in C-APCs. They also look at CMS’ new site-neutral payment policies for 2017 included in the latest OPPS final rule. 
Healthcare News: CMS scuttles controversial proposed Part B drug payment model
After missing a proposed fall start date, CMS has announced last week that its Medicare Part B drug payment model from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will not be going forward.  
Q&A: Time requirements for 2017 CPT epidural injection codes
Q: For the new 2017 epidural injection CPT® codes, the longer-term injections (63234-62327) indicate they are to be used if they are administered on more than a single calendar day. What if we start the administration at 10 p.m. and then discontinue the administration at 1 a.m.? That would be two calendar days. Can we used those codes or should we use the shorter-term injection series (62320-62323)?
 

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