Colonoscopy billing can be very complex, hinging on distinctions between screening and diagnostic intent. A single ICD-10 code, CPT selection or missing modifier can shift a procedure from fully ...

Since medical care in the U.S. began using diagnostic coding comprehensively about 15 years ago, dentists have periodically asked when something similar will be required in dentistry. Universal use is ...

An analysis of American hospitals showed little evidence that recent changes in diagnostic coding patterns for patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) have affected a key performance measure ...

(HealthDay News) – The decline in pneumonia-related hospitalizations and associated inpatient deaths seen in 2003–2009 may be a result of diagnostic coding, rather than an actual improvement in ...

Dentistry is moving into the 21st century without an essential piece of healthcare technology, some say: a commonly accepted, standardized system of diagnostic terms. "We're behind medicine by a lot," ...

The number of diagnosis codes has expanded from 13,000 ICD-9 codes to 68,000 ICD-10 codes, with 78 percent of ICD-9 diagnosis codes mapping 1-to-1 with an ICD-10 code, either exactly or approximately.

Nobody needs to go to medical school to know that people have two ears. However, if physicians treat a patient with suppurative, or pus-discharging, otitis media, they don't have to specify left ear, ...

The 2015 Business of Personalized Medicine Summit was an inspiring day with talented professionals. One key takeaway was that while diagnostics hold the promise of getting the right medicine to the ...