Denial Journal , a leading authority in healthcare revenue cycle management and medical coding education, has released a comprehensive practice guide addressing the complexities of Current Procedural ...

Lisa Sullivan, MS, is a nutritionist and health and wellness educator with nearly 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. You can look up ICD-10 codes using online tools like the NCHS ...

Objective Studies of dermatomyositis (DM) are frequently limited to single-centre cohorts. We used two large nationally representative US cohorts to conduct a descriptive epidemiological study of the ...

Understanding codes on medical bills can help avoid billing mistakes. Healthcare providers use CPT, HCPCS, and ICD codes for services and diagnoses. Wrong codes can lead to unpaid claims or higher ...

On August 12, 2024, OIG announced the results of an audit of payments made to hospitals for inpatient claims with the Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups (MS-DRGs) that require ninety-six hours ...

The healthcare industry has seen rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities in recent years—from virtual health assistants and drug discovery to development and ...

Clinicians’ billing practices for professional services in the emergency department (ED) have come under scrutiny as the proportion of expensive high-intensity visits has grown in recent decades.

Allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, can sometimes occur after intravenous thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke. However, it remains unclear whether patients with stroke who ...

Elective endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm results in lower perioperative mortality than traditional open repair, but after 4 years this survival advantage is not seen; in addition, ...