As part of its ongoing mission to improve the health of America, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) announced its National Health Equity Strategy in April 2021 to confront the nation’s crisis in racial health disparities. This strategy is intended to change the trajectory of health disparities and reimagine a more equitable health care […]
Changes to ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code mean NCD coding changes. ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code changes went into effect Oct. 1, as usual, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is updating National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) to reflect those changes. NCDs Affected by Updates to ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code CMS notes the following NCD coding changes in […]
Discover the must-watch list for coding bug bites, poison ivy, and heatstroke! Get ICD-10 pointers. Can you believe it’s already mid-August? While the buzz around 2020 code updates is in the air, let’s not forget about the remaining summer of 2019. How many of these common warm-weather diagnoses have you encountered and coded this year […]