Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), also referred to as chronic renal disease, is a progressive loss of renal function over a period of months or years.… Read More »Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease
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Denial Reason – Required Element Missing / Missing Loops
Effective April 1, 2010, CMS has implemented changes for reporting and processing purchased service information for diagnostic service claims. If the name of the provider… Read More »Denial Reason – Required Element Missing / Missing Loops
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – Useful links
The below links gives you a quick reference on the CMS implementation / changes / revisions posted through Medicare Learning Network (MLN) and CMS Transmittals… Read More »Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – Useful links
Global Period
Global Period is a time frame following surgery during which routine care by the physician i.e., all necessary services normally furnished by a physician [before (Pre-operative),… Read More »Global Period
Coding guidelines for seasonal Influenza, 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) and Pneumococcal vaccines
Influenza – An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease caused by RNA viruses that affects birds and mammals. Yearly vaccination would be the best way to… Read More »Coding guidelines for seasonal Influenza, 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) and Pneumococcal vaccines
Swine Flu Coding
Coding information pertaining to the Swine Flu (H1N1) virus vaccination and its administration has been published on the AMA website. Please follow the link to… Read More »Swine Flu Coding
Atherosclerosis
What is Atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis usually known as hardening of the arteries, atherosclerosis refers to the conditions that result from the deposition of fatty deposits along… Read More »Atherosclerosis
Myocardial Ischemia
What is Myocardial Ischemia? Cardiac dysfunction caused by an insufficient blood flow to the muscle tissues of the heart. The decreased blood flow may be… Read More »Myocardial Ischemia
Thrombosis
What is Thrombosis? Thrombosis is the formation of a mass of aggregated blood factors (a thrombus, or blood clot); coagulation of the blood. Specifically, this… Read More »Thrombosis
Transient Ishemic Attack
What is TIA and its cause? A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is caused by a temporary state of reduced blood flow in a portion of… Read More »Transient Ishemic Attack