The issuance of the Home Health Final Rule brings with it the opportunity to re-evaluate the financial position of your agency. If your agency has not yet begun to analyze this data, in particular the updated comorbidity adjustments, let me help you with a brief update. According to the final rule, only those subgroups of…
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October Coding Update
Coding your home health claims is a multifaceted process fraught with complicated issues. The October 1st, 2023, update including expanded Parkinson’s codes is just such an issue. Gone are the days of choose one code and go. Let’s look at this expansion. The changes to these diagnosis codes began in September of 2021 with a…
ICD-10 Coding Updates
It is coding update time again! Remember, not only are the ICD-10 codes updated effective October 1st of every year, but there are also changes to contend with on April 1st. If you have not coordinated with your EMR to ensure there is a planned update with the new grouper, now is the time to do…
Coding Changes Go Into Effect Today
Today is the day!! The new ICD-10 codes that were released are now effective!! Do not let your billing be delayed due to a coding glitch. Remember that every episode that has an encounter date of 10/01/2021 and after will have to be reviewed for any new code updates. The code that will probably create…
New Codes Added to ICD-10 Code Set
The coding addenda for fiscal year 2022 was posted on the CDC website on June 23rd. There are 159 new codes that were finalized and will be added to the ICD-10 code set on October 1st. One code that is included but was absent from the proposed code update is U09.9 (Post COVID-19 condition, unspecified). …
