Medical Coding Updates - 2011

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ICD - 10

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Dr gily's icd-10 cm codes lookup iphone compatible cms is here to help in the transitions to version 5010 and icd-10 posted on november 20, 2010 filed under: centers for medicare & medicaid (cms), icd-10, medicare, medicaid, icd. Icd-10 cm news & announcements if you are a health care professional who works with or is affected by the change from icd 9 to icd 10 then the free icd 10 network is your best. Icd-10 and hipaa compliance at vips icd-10 pcs overview and implementation issues history of icd-9 cm inpatient hospital services are coded using the international classification of diseases, ninth revision, clinical. Icd-10 the voyager helping physicians navigate the dr gily's icd-10-cm codes search and translation based on the general equivalence mappings from cms includes a bidirectional icd-9 cm to icd-10 cm crosswalk tool iphone.

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CARVE-OUTS

A reimbursement method whereby certain medical services are separated from payment arrangement and paid differently; providers usually carve out expensive services. Extra payment that an institution obtains in addition to the main payment.
HMO plan negotiates with a pediatrician to provide primary care services, such as office visits and basic labs, at a capitated rate. However, the physician negotiates carve-out for vaccinations/immunizations. Payment does not come out of physician’s capitated payment, but these services are paid fee-for-service.

COST CONTAINMENT

Control of inefficiencies in the consumption, allocation, or production of health care services that contribute to higher than necessary costs. Inefficiencies are thought to exist in consumption when health services are inappropriately utilized; inefficiencies in allocation exist when health services could be delivered in less costly settings without loss of quality; and, inefficiencies in production exist when the costs of producing health services could be reduces by using a different combination of resources.

SPEND DOWN

A term used in Medicaid for persons whose income and assets are above the threshold for state’s designated medically needy criteria, but are below this threshold when medical expenses are factored in. The amount of expenditures for health care services, relative to income, that qualifies an individual for Medicaid in states that cover categorically eligible or medically indigent individuals.