Archive for The Day of September 13th, 2006

Archive for the Day of September 13th, 2006

Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the day of September 13th, 2006.

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Chronic Bronchitis Medical Billing Claims

If your medical billing claims for patients who present and are diagnosed with chronic bronchitis are getting denied payment by the carrier; take a very close look at the code you’re using to report this condition. One of the biggest reasons chronic bronchitis isn’t paid on a claim is because it is reported as a general chronic code using 491.9, Unspecified chronic bronchitis. The trick is to forego choosing the 491.9 as the ICD-9 will lead you to do. Instead look for the diagnosis of the possible cause of the chronic bronchitis such as chronic asthma which has its own specific code. If procedures were performed on the patient, note

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