Q: Does your facility have any requirements for providers to document how a diagnosis of obesity and/or morbid obesity has met the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) definition of “monitoring, evaluating, assessing, etc.” in order for it to be coded? For example, if a...Read More »
CMS announced there are new COVID-19 vaccine and vaccine administration codes, both in MLN Connects and the Federal Register. In their coverage of this update, ICD10 Monitor said to visit the ...Read More »
CMS released a proposal for the calendar year 2023 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System on July 15, 2022, which includes updates to OPPS and ASC payment rates and Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) policies. The proposed policies will...Read More »
Between 2015 and 2016, Peoples Health Network received about $3.3 million in overpayments, according to a recent audit conducted by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The OIG estimated this amount from the diagnosis codes...Read More »
