ICD 10 October 1, 2018 Changes

As of October 1, 2018, 365 new ICD10 2019 codes have been released. Any encounter on or after October 1, will automatically use the new codes. Visits prior to October 1, will use the 2018 version. Link to 365 new codes: https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/Changes/New_Codes Link to 172 changed codes: https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/Changes/Revised_Codes

New Medicare Card Update

New Medicare Card Mailing Update – Wave 3 Begins, Wave 1 Ends We started mailing new Medicare cards to people with Medicare who live in Wave 3 states: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin.  We continue to mail new cards to people who live in Wave 2 states … Read more

Send Statements Electronically and Get Paid Online – Increase Cash Flow!

On average it takes 3 statements mailed to patients to get paid. With the average cost of postage and paper, mailing 3 statements could cost as much as $2.10 per patient. If you are mailing 500 statements a month that is $350 a month or $4,200 a year. That is just crazy! Solution – Text-a-Statement … Read more

Health Risk Assessment Codes

Two new CPT codes may be used to report health risk assessments: 96160, “Administration of patient-focused health risk assessment instrument (e.g., health hazard appraisal) with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument,” 96161, “Administration of caregiver-focused health risk assessment instrument (e.g., depression inventory) for the benefit of the patient, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument.” … Read more