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    Wiki scheduling patients on different days due to OPPS APC packaging

    Has anyone else working in outpatient facilities come across this, or can anyone provide me some input on the compliance implications of scheduling patients for procedures/tests on separate days to get around the OPPS payment rules that package certain services together for payment? For...
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    Wiki Eustachian tube dysfunction

    Tried posting this on the ENT forum and didn't get any responses, so trying here: Eustachian tube dysfunction had a specific code in ICD-9, 381.81 but in ICD-10 it does not. Does anyone have input on how this should be coded? My physicians are saying that 'Eustachian tube obstruction' H68.10-...
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    Wiki Eustachian tube dysfunction in ICD-10

    Eustachian tube dysfunction had a specific code in ICD-9, 381.81 but in ICD-10 it does not. Does anyone have input on how this should be coded? My physicians are saying that 'Eustachian tube obstruction' H68.10- is the closest approximation but ET obstruction is not a commonly used medical...
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    Wiki multiple initial critical care codes

    If a pediatric patient is receiving critical care during an admission and stabilized but then becomes critical again, would it be appropriate to bill a new initial critical care code? In other words, you would bill 99468 for the initial and 99469 for the subsequent days, but if in the same stay...
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