When there’s a need for medical billing and coding for a hospital facility or private practice, one of the most challenging situations can be understanding medical billing terminology which relates to every specific part of the treatment process. One of them can be understanding downcoding medical definitions. Overview of Downcoding Medical In the medical billing …
Scheduling a colonoscopy appointment can be a daunting task, as there are various coding considerations to be aware of. It is important to consider the difference between screening vs diagnostic colonoscopy coding when deciding which type of procedure you need. Screening colonoscopies are preventive measures used to detect and remove any potential cancer-causing polyps during …
Medical and healthcare coding is one of the common obstacles that keep practices away from getting timely reimbursements while affecting the revenue management cycle. Similarly, endocrinology medical billing is a critical component of any practice that offers endocrine services. Several aspects of endocrinology medical billing are there that every practice requires to ensure an accurate, …
Interventional cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases. Interventional cardiology procedures are minimally invasive and can be performed using catheters and other small devices. This means that they can be done without the need for open-heart surgery. Interventional cardiology procedures are used to treat conditions such …
Whenever a hospital facility or a practice hires a doctor, nurse, or healthcare physician, they need to verify the background, experience, and history of the doctor to get them approved by the insurance companies that the facility works with. Whether a doctor has been credentialed in the past while working under another employer, they have …
Ever since the ICD-10 codes have made their presence in the healthcare industry, it has become a compulsion to comply with the requirements. With their implications, complying with the nephrology billing and coding guidelines has become more specific and intricate when it comes to following them. In addition to ICD-10 nephrology billing and coding guidelines, …
With the ever-changing eating habits and lifestyle alternatives, people would have been exposed to too many digestive issues including acid reflux and food poisoning but they rarely visit a gastroenterologist for their condition in their lives. According to an estimation, around 66.4 million primary diagnoses of digestive diseases result each year in the United States …
Kidney diseases at their early stages don’t have serious implications. However, they don’t show any irregular or unusual symptoms that you may experience and think to visit a nephrologist. The only way to check if your kidneys are working perfectly is by testing. No matter if you don’t suffer any kidney pain, get checked if …
For medical and healthcare providers, credentialing is one of the popular terms used. It is the term for initiating a network and getting on to insurance panels. Medical credentialing has become a main focus of providers these days essentially among chiropractors, counselors, and massage therapists evenly. This is because they were among those who only …
Cardiology is one of the growing disciplines over the years. The advancement in treatments, medical procedures, diagnostic tools, and therapies for cardiology announced regularly has made it a complex field to go about. However, with these quick and rapid developmental changes in billing and coding, lacking behind to keep pace has become a common practice. …