by Advize Admin | Aug 13, 2015 | Careers, Coding, Medical Record Auditing
As Advize Health continues to hire part-time and full-time remote Auditors, we felt it necessary to inform you of the reasons why you should consider a career in auditing and its benefits. Some of the perks you can enjoy as an auditor at Advize Health include: Free...
by Advize Admin | Aug 7, 2015 | Coding, Compliance, Healthcare
This past week, one of our auditors, Robert Blizzard, presented to the Central Florida Physician’s Alliance in Lakeland. There were 7 practices represented at this particular presentation. He was asked “ICD-10 is like trying to eat an elephant in one bite. If you...
by Advize Admin | Jul 31, 2015 | Coding, Healthcare
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,...
by Advize Admin | Jul 14, 2015 | Coding, Compliance, Healthcare
Transitional Care Management (TCM) codes are used to report patients who are transitioning from inpatient hospital, observation, skilled nursing/nursing facility, or rehabilitation to the patients’ normal community settings such as their home, domiciliary, rest...
by Advize Admin | Jun 22, 2015 | Coding, Healthcare
Like most clinics, your office has probably decided to accept Medicare Advantage plans by now. So what is your plan of attack? Most providers are going to say that it is time to get each patient enrolled in these plans into the office for the all-important health...
by Advize Admin | Jun 20, 2015 | Coding
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...
by Advize Admin | Jun 19, 2015 | Coding, Healthcare
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,...
by Advize Admin | Jun 13, 2015 | Coding, Healthcare
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...
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