Archive for The Day of April 11th, 2006
Archive for the Day of April 11th, 2006
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the day of April 11th, 2006.
Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during April 11th, 2006.
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In the Beginning of Medical Billing: Medical Coding
Many people assume that medical billing and medical coding are one in the same procedure. However as you in the industry know, they are part of the same process, but very different. Medical coding is where medical billing begins and couldn’t be processed without it. When a physician or hospital renders services, a code is assigned to that procedure or procedures. The more services that are performed for a patient, the more medical billing codes there will be. Those codes are recorded on a medical billing form. The tricky part is keeping up with the ever-changing nature of the medical billing codes. These codes can be changed/added to/or removed many …
Correct Medical Billing for Foreign-Body Removal
Foreign body removal is another scenario that winds up with a lot of rejections or reduced reimbursements. One of the biggest reasons is that when the coding is being done on the claim. The part of the body affected isn’t addressed in the medical billing claim. If a foreign body was removed from a patient’s eye, then the code for simple foreign body removal should not be used. The specific coding for removal of conjunctival foreign bodies which is code 65205 (Removal of foreign body, external eye; conjunctival superficial) or 65210 (conjunctival embedded [includes concretions], subconjunctival, or scleral nonperforating). Notice that these codes do not refer to any particular instrument …
