Coding changes may have helped bolster improvements in 30-day hospital readmission rates. A new study, published Monday in Health Affairs, showed that reductions in readmissions rates corresponded ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) recently detailed coding changes for evaluation and management reporting. There are yet-to-be-released evaluation and management (E/M) changes on the way in ...

"Modifying the HCC model is not a simple technical update or revision," the AMGA says. CMS recently released proposed changes to the CMS-HCC Risk Adjustment Model for payment year 2024 in February ...

Part of the difficulty in properly coding these skin changes also arises from how difficult it can be to distinguish end-of-life skin changes from other wounds. Even after careful examination ...

Revised ICD-10-CM codes for neurocognitive disorders are now in effect, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has announced The coding changes for major and mild neurocognitive disorders ...

More than 15 industry experts will deliver insights on more than 1,000 code changes for 2019 in 12 top coding specialties: Anesthesia, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Ob-Gyn, Ophthalmology ...

Slated to become effective on January 1, 2021, the E/M changes are major and will impact coding and billing for every office visit. To support E/M 2021, the company’s EHR coding engine will ...