Healthcare Administrative Partners, a medical billing company in Pennsylvania that provides billing, coding, and practice management services to hospital-affiliated physician practices, recently notified 17,693 patients of a data breach that may have exposed their protected health information.
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Data breach at a medical billing company potentially exposed the PHI of 18,000 patients
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Healthcare Administrative Partners, a medical billing company in Pennsylvania that provides billing, coding, and practice management services to hospital-affiliated physician practices, recently notified 17,693 patients of a data breach that may have exposed their protected health information.   
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Eliminate cardiac coding confusion: CPT coding for pacemakers, defibrillators, and valve procedures
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CPT reporting for surgical heart procedures requires an in-depth understanding of cardiovascular anatomy and terminology. This article reviews CPT reporting for procedures involving cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators based on key details in provider documentation.
 

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Q&A: Reporting diabetes, CKD, and HTN in ICD-10-CM
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Q: We had a patient with Type 2 diabetes who was admitted for hypoglycemia with metabolic encephalopathy. The patient also had stage 2 chronic kidney disease (CKD) and a diagnosis of hypertension (HTN). Which ICD-10-CM codes should we assign for this patient’s encounter?

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