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One of the greatest impacts on Emergency Departments' revenue capture is their familiarity with the differences between physician coding and facility coding. One utilizes an internal point system, while the other follows a clear set of Evaluation and Management guidelines.
Family Practice 2010 ICD-9-CM Quick Reference
We’ve created this ICD-9 Quick Reference Mouse Pad in response to Emergency Department coding professionals who want to maximize their speed and efficiency. Fill out the request form below to receive a BDA mouse pad and our newest 2010 ICD-9 Quick Reference Insert.
Posted in: BDA Staff, CPT Coding, Emergency Medicine, ICD Coding, Occupational Health, Physician's Practice, Urgent Care, Whitepapers
Tagged: 2010 icd, 2010 ICD-9 Quick Reference, Family Practice, ICD Coding, icd-9, icd-9-cm, icd9, ICD9 Codes, MousePad
Occupational Medicine ICD-9-CM Quick Reference
We’ve created this Occupational Medicine Lower Back & Other ICD9 Quick Reference in response to Occupational Medicine coding professionals who want to maximize their speed and efficiency. Fill out the request form to receive a BDA mouse pad and our newest 2010 Occupational Medicine ICD-9 Quick Reference Insert.
Posted in: BDA Staff, CPT Coding, Emergency Medicine, ICD Coding, Occupational Health, Physician's Practice, Urgent Care, Whitepapers
Tagged: 2010 icd, 2010 ICD-9 Quick Reference, ICD Coding, icd-9, icd-9-cm, icd9, ICD9 Codes, Lower Back, MousePad, Occupational Health, Occupational Medicine
2010 ICD-9 Quick Reference for Emergency Departments
We’ve created this ICD-9 Quick Reference Mouse Pad in response to Emergency Department coding professionals who want to maximize their speed and efficiency. Fill out the request form below to receive a BDA mouse pad and our newest 2010 ICD-9 Quick Reference Insert.
Posted in: BDA Staff, CPT Coding, Emergency Medicine, ICD Coding, Occupational Health, Physician's Practice, Urgent Care, Whitepapers
Tagged: 2010 icd, emergency department, ICD Coding, icd-9, icd-9-cm, icd9, ICD9 Codes, MousePad
Invalid ICD-9 Codes for 2010
The invalid codes are the ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes that are invalid after September 30th, 2009. These codes must be at a higher level of specificity to be valid codes as of October 1, 2009
Posted in: CPT Coding, Emergency Medicine, ICD Coding, Occupational Health, Physician's Practice, Urgent Care, Whitepapers
Tagged: 2010 icd9, ICD Coding, icd-9, icd-9 codes, icd-9 coding, icd-9-cm, icd9, invalid icd9, invalid icd9 codes
RSS | Published September 21, 2009
Revised 2010 ICD-9-CM Updates
There are also many revisions to the language that ICD-9 codes use to describe conditions. Without updating the language to ICD-9 codes, a code could be selected improperly causing an incorrect code to be used.
Posted in: Emergency Medicine, ICD Coding, Occupational Health, Physician's Practice, Urgent Care
Tagged: 2010, 2010 icd9, ICD Coding, icd-9, icd-9 codes, icd-9 coding, icd-9-cm, icd9, revised icd-9
2010-ICD9-REVIS · RSS | Published September 16, 2009
New ICD-9-CM 2010 Code Updates
The New, Revised and Invalid ICD-9 codes take effect October 1, 2009. Each year, BDA provides tools to assist physicians and organizations with the ICD-9 code changes. We’ve put together a Power Point presentation that goes over these changes for you. Neglecting to update your ICD-9 codes annually could delay claims and payments. Take advantage of these resources now so the ICD-9 changes will cause no delay in your payment for services.
Posted in: CPT Coding, Emergency Medicine, ICD Coding, Occupational Health, Physician's Practice, Urgent Care, Whitepapers
Tagged: 2010 icd, 2010 icd 9 changes, 2010 icd09, AHA, AHIMA, ama icd 9, CDC, CMS, icd 9 cm coding, icd 9 diagnosis codes, icd 9 medical coding, ICD Coding, icd-9, icd-9 2010, icd-9 codes, icd-9-cm, icd9, NCHS
2009 ICD-9 Updates here!
Note: The 2010 ICD-9 Updates are now available.
We have reviewed all of the ICD-9 2009 updates, and compiled a summarized list of all of the changes that need to made in order for you to be compliant.
Claims submitted with invalid/deleted ICD-9 codes for service dates on or after October 1, 2008 will be rejected.
You can view the online slideshow and/or download the PowerPoint …
Posted in: CPT Coding, Emergency Medicine, ICD Coding, Occupational Health, Physician's Practice
Tagged: icd update, icd-9, icd-9 coding, icd9, update
Failing to Compare Providers Coding against a National Benchmark.
The 9th common mistake that can impact reimbursement can occur when your provider does not know where he/she falls on a National E/M Benchmark Bell Curve.
Posted in: Emergency Medicine, Whitepapers
Tagged: 10 ED Mistakes, EM level, emergency department, national benchmark, Reimbursement
RSS | Published April 26, 2009
Lack of ongoing education for all of your Providers and Staff
The 10th common mistake that will often affect revenue is an ongoing lack of education for all of your Providers and Staff. They should each receive focused instruction as a direct result of ongoing and consistent chart reviews.
Posted in: Emergency Medicine
Tagged: 10 ED Mistakes, EM level, emergency department
Not conducting chart reviews on a regular and consistent basis
The 8th common mistake in managing cash flow is due to the lack of chart reviews / audits.
Posted in: Emergency Medicine
Tagged: 10 ED Mistakes, EM level, emergency department
Not automatically updating your fee ticket/superbill annually
The 7th common mistake occurs as a result of your Fee Tickets / Superbills not being updated on a regular basis.
Posted in: Emergency Medicine
Tagged: 10 ED Mistakes, EM level, emergency department, fee ticket, superbill
Procedure At The Time Of An Office or Post Operative Visit
Can my doctor bill a Mirena insertion fee when billing for an office visit or post operative visit or should they have the patient come back?
I want to be sure he gets paid.
Posted in: CPT Coding, Case Studies, Emergency Medicine, Occupational Health, Physician's Practice, Urgent Care
Tagged: CPT Coding, mirena, modifier cpt code, physician
RSS | Published November 18, 2008
Maintaining Accuracy and Compliance in the Medical Record
Why is accuracy and compliance to accepted standards of documentation in the medical record important? The first and most important reason is to provide patients with appropriate care based on details provided in their medical record. This ensures optimal patient care and allows for excellent patient satisfaction. Another reason for ensuring accuracy and compliance in the medical record is to provide governmental agencies, and any other entity accessing the patient’s medical record accurate and complete information. With improved documentation, collections improve, the risk for unfavorable audit results decreases, and efficiencies are increased in the office with both staff and physician co-workers.
Posted in: BDA Staff, Electronic Medical Record, Emergency Medicine, Occupational Health, Physician's Practice, Urgent Care, Whitepapers
Tagged: Chart Audits, Compliance Audits, Medical Record
RSS | Published October 29, 2008
Choosing and then utilizing the wrong E/M guidelines for your ED
The 6th common mistake for revenue capture is relying solely on your EMR to capture the appropriate E/M Level.
Posted in: Emergency Medicine, Physician's Practice, Whitepapers
Tagged: 10 ED Mistakes, Emergency Management Guidelines
RSS | Published July 21, 2008
Failing to document the length of time used for your time based services
Are you capturing your time based procedure / service codes?
Posted in: Emergency Medicine, Physician's Practice, Whitepapers
Tagged: 10 ED Mistakes, Procedure Codes, Service Codes
Overlooking to regularly review and update all of your documentation templates
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The 4th common mistake occurs when your documentation templates are no longer capturing all services appropriately.
Posted in: Emergency Medicine, Physician's Practice, Whitepapers
Tagged: 10 ED Mistakes
OVERLOOKING · RSS | Published July 10, 2008
Failing to consistently educate all members of your ED staff regarding your Point System
A 3rd common mistake is the inconsistent interpretation of the point system by the staff. Once the point system is developed, it is imperative for all staff members to accurately and consistently interpret not only how the point system is being used, but also how it was intended to be used.
Posted in: Emergency Medicine
Tagged: 10 ED Mistakes
RSS | Published July 4, 2008
Deaconess Hospital Case Study
As a result of embracing and implementing the BDA program, Deaconess experienced double digit % revenue growth, without a significant increase to its existing patient load.
Posted in: Case Studies, Client Testimonials, Emergency Medicine, Occupational Health, Physician's Practice, Urgent Care, Whitepapers
Tagged: Case Studies, emergency department, Family Care, Hospital, Medical Group, Pain Management, physician coaching
Why BDA? 10 Reasons
10 Benefits from partnering with Bill Dunbar and Associates
Posted in: CPT Coding, Emergency Medicine, Occupational Health, Physician's Practice, Urgent Care
Tagged: coding connection, double-certified, electronic appeals, Reimbursement, rvu multiplier
Iron Out Wrinkles in Your Laceration Repair Coding
Need to fine-tune your skills at reporting laceration treatment in the ED?
See if you can correctly code these three challenging scenarios and home in on your coding trouble spots.
Posted in: Emergency Medicine
Tagged: emergency department
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- Family Practice 2010 ICD-9-CM Quick Reference
- Occupational Medicine ICD-9-CM Quick Reference
- 2010 ICD-9 Quick Reference for Emergency Departments
- Invalid ICD-9 Codes for 2010
- Revised 2010 ICD-9-CM Updates
- New ICD-9-CM 2010 Code Updates
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BDA provides ongoing education services to its clients including staff training, physician coaching, and coding support.
BDA provides its clients with a detailed summary that identifies key coding issues such as invalid, deleted or revised codes and descriptive changes. A customized Action Plan is developed and implemented over the life of the engagement.
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- Occupational Medicine ICD-9-CM Quick Reference
- Overlooking to regularly review and update all of your documentation templates
- Choosing and then utilizing the wrong E/M guidelines for your ED
- Failing to document the length of time used for your time based services
- 2010 ICD-9 Quick Reference for Emergency Departments
- 10 Common Mistakes Managing Emergency Dept Reimbursement and Cash Flow
- Failing to Compare Providers Coding against a National Benchmark.
- Facility Coding- How Effective is Your Point System?
- Revised 2010 ICD-9-CM Updates
- Invalid ICD-9 Codes for 2010
- New ICD-9-CM 2010 Code Updates
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