Enlight-10-ment: July

An Overview of the Genitourinary System The genitourinary system includes the reproductive and the urinary excretion organs. These are grouped together because of their proximity to each other. The structure of the urinary tract includes the kidneys; two ureters,...

Coding for Cardiac Catheterization

Cardiac catheterization is a diagnostic test to examine the heart or coronary vessels or both. There are two sets of codes differentiated by examination for congenital and all other conditions. The corresponding “code map” demonstrates correct coding for noncongenital...

History of Present Illness: Severity

Severity is a statement or a rating of intensity (0-10) from the patient that indicates the degree or measurement of how bad the chief complaint is. This rating not only is documented based on 0-10 scale, but it can be captured using phrases such as: worsening,...

Pain Management Specialty

The pain management specialty has seen more than its share of coding and reimbursement changes throughout the past few years. 2015 brought another round of changes for this specialty: a major revision to a commonly used coding set, reimbursement rate changes, and...