Archive for The Month of January, 2014
Archive for the Month of January, 2014
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the month of January, 2014.
Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during the month of January, 2014.
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2W0PX0Z Change Traction Apparatus on Left Upper Leg
ICD-10 Procedure Code – 2W0PX0Z Utilized for the procedure of Changing a Traction Apparatus on Left Upper Leg.
Deadlines: Regulations on HIPAA Compliance for Physicians
The deadline of September 23, 2013 has come and gone on the calendar. It was on this day the federal government enacted changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known as HIPAA. Medical physicians must be compliant with privacy and security and changes will include things like how to properly secure a patient’s health information or what you must tell a patient about their privacy rights. Medical physicians have 6 months to comply, and for many this is a difficult task to stay on so that the deadline is met. Compliance of the act includes the following updates to the regulations. Physicians must conduct a risk analysis …
Recurrent Right Renal Artery Stenosis
A 65-year old woman who has previously undergone right renal artery stenting presented to her physician with increased recurrent arterial velocities within the proximal right renal artery duplex ultrasound survey. Documented Diagnosis: Recurrent Right Renal Artery Stenosis. Documented Procedure: Angiographic Assessment with Flush Aortogram. Other Documentation of the Encounter: Upon an initial assessment the patient was advised to undergo an angiographic assessment to treat potentially severe recurrent right renal artery stenosis. The patient was counseled as to the risks of the procedure to include access site bleeding, hematoma, or aneurysm formation, contrast-related nephropathy or allergy, or arterial injury. She elected to proceed with the procedure. The patient was taken …
2W0NXYZ Change Other Device on Right Upper Leg
ICD-10 Procedure Code – 2W0NXYZ Utilized for the procedure of Changing Other Device on Right Upper Leg.
2W0NX7Z Change Intermittent Pressure Device on Right Upper Leg
ICD-10 Procedure Code – 2W0NX7Z Utilized for the procedure of Changing an Intermittent Pressure Device on Right Upper Leg.
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