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Evaluate documentation and ICD-10-CM coding for anxiety disorders

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., according to the National Institute of Mental Health Statistics. Shelley Safian, PhD, RHIA, CCS-P, COC, CIC, breaks down ICD-10-CM coding for common types of anxiety disorders and psychotherapy treatments used to manage them.

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Untangle CPT coding for uterine artery embolization

Arterial embolization is less invasive than open surgery and is often performed as an outpatient procedure in a hospital setting. Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, COBGC, evaluates medical necessity and CPT coding for uterine artery embolization.

E/M coding for physician services: Determining the complexity of problems addressed

Providers can now code for E/M visits based solely on medical decision-making. Julia Kyles, CPC, outlines how to use the first column of the medical decision-making chart in the CPT Manual to determine E/M level selection.

Healthcare News: AMA urges Congress to update MPFS payment rates

Following the release of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s March report to Congress, the American Medical Association (AMA) urged Congress to revise the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) to include stable, annual payment updates that keep up with inflation and practice costs.

Q&A: 2022 CPT coding for extracapsular cataract removals

Q: How do CPT codes 66989 and 66991 differ from now-deleted Category III codes 0191T and 0376T?

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All colostomy, gastrostomy, enterostomy, and esophagostomy complications are coded to ICD-10-CM code category K94.- (complications of artificial openings of the digestive system). This includes excoriation and denuding of the skin surrounding the ostomy, infection of the ostomy site, hemorrhage of the ostomy site, and other complications. No additional code should be used when coding skin complications unless an infection is present, in which case an additional code should be used to specify the infection. When an ostomy complication is present, do not assign a Z code for the ostomy. Z codes indicate routine ostomy care and are not appropriate in the case of a complicated ostomy.

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