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In anesthesia coding if there is a case to repair a closed femur neck fracture, then as per the options available now you only have code 820.8 with the description of unspecified fracture. When ICD-10 comes into effect although you will be able to report unspecified fractures, coding will get complicated.

When ICD-10 comes into effect you will be using category S72.00 for an unspecified fracture of the femoral neck. With this you will need to add sixth and seventh digits to specify your procedure. By adding the sixth digit it can be reported where exactly the patient has the fracture e.g. right or left. It can also be used to report if it is unspecified. You will need to report it twice if the fracture is bilateral, whereas the seventh digit will be used to report the stage of the encounter. Under ICD-10 it is this seventh digit that will bring about a significant difference when reporting for femur fractures. You will also need to check the notes given by the anesthesiologist or surgeon to locate the place of the fracture. Lastly, you will need to identify the type of fracture. Under ICD-10 an unspecified open fracture of the femoral neck will be very similar to that for the closed fracture, which is also a major point of difference from ICD-9.

Now your anesthesia practice can be ready to take on the sweeping CPTprocedure codes and descriptor changes. SuperCoder’s online solution – Anesthesia Coder is here to help you with site-specific codes to increase your coding accuracy and efficiency. Anesthesia Coder offers you online code search, coding tools and expert advice from The Coding Institute’s Anesthesia Coding Alert – all in one spot. 

You can also keep yourself updated with all the latest news from the healthcare industry with Anesthesia Coding Alert. This guide will help you to prepare in every way possible so that you can adapt to all the coding changes easily and get the latest hot topics from the medical industry. You also get expert advice from industry veterans to help you overcome any coding scenario with ease. To keep your practice compliant and profitable in the coming year, you'll need to be able to simultaneously apply the latest coding changes and capitalize on new opportunities that could ethically boost your revenue. It’s time to be aware of all the latest coding changes to prevent your anesthesia practice from losing precious dollars, and you can easily do this with valuable products and services from SuperCoder.

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The coming year will see a lot of code changes that will potentially affect your practice. To keep your practice on track it is essential to have a comprehensive resource that will help you stay compliant and profitable throughout the year. You can keep all your worries at bay with Coder.

 

This online specialty coder brings you leading-edge anesthesia coding guidance as well as tried-and-true tactics to ensure you report correct and updated CPT code for anesthesia every time and earn your deserved payment! Anesthesia Coder helps to strengthen your revenue by instantly adjusting payments for P status modifiers, varied unit times, and multiday anesthesia and helps you to work easily with CPT®-ASA CROSSWALK plus Units. Additionally, you can use keywords and easily access code searchable articles and archives in Anesthesia Coding Alert that provide hard-to-find-answers to Anesthesia coding challenges. A subscription to Anesthesia Coder also entitles you to earn 38 AAPC-approved CEU opportunities. 

2013 CPT® code for anesthesia are now live on Anesthesia Coder – get access to updated 2013 CPT code lookup as well as keep your 2012 info and refer it in 2013 with 2012 Fee Schedules side-by-side your 2013 rates.

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2013 CPT codes lookup and HCPCS code lookup made easy on SuperCoder!

Minimize 2013 Transition hurdles with updated HCPCS and CPT 2013 Info at your fingertips

In the year 2013 there will be 234 HCPCS changes and end number of new CPT codes that will take you and your practice by surprise. But with a quick and easy resource you can overcome all your coding and billing dilemmas and ensure that you are getting all the deserved reimbursement! You can ensure a smooth sailing for your practice with CPT and HCPCS code information at your fingertips and save time and effort to keep your practice compliant and profitable.

With convenient online tools like Specialty Physician Coder, Code Search and Fast Coder one can easily access all the new codes and ensure a compliant and profitable year ahead. Often coders find it difficult to find HCPCS and CPT code changes easily that are relevant for their practice but in 2013 subscribers to Supercoder will be able to do so in a single click. A new Historical Reference toolbar has been added to enable subscribers to view HCPCS level II and CPT 2013 new and deleted codes for their particular specialty and access changes for all specialties. Moreover, with the new rates and codes effective from Jan.1, subscribers will continue to have access to  2012 fees, deleted code information, and more because of the new feature - Historical Reference bar and you can easily print this information for your reference. Here is a glimpse of some of the new features to make your 2013 CPT codes lookup and HCPCS code look-up easier, compliant and profitable:

• ·         2012 Fee Schedules: Get useful information from six fee schedules for 2012 fees that will enable you to check 2012 fees, RVUs, and MUEs.
• ·         E/M Guidelines: Read as well as print all new definitions that are added to the 2013 E/M Guidelines.

• HCPCS 2013 Code Changes: Get to see all the changes of new and revised codes affecting your specialty and compare the changes accordingly.
• Deleted Codes: Access all the archived code information that has been sorted by codeset to help you find historical code info including lay terms, CCI edits, allowed modifiers.
• CPT® 2013 Code Changes: View new and deleted codes for each CPT® 2013 section.

With these new and updated features and coding information available online you can easily file clean and compliant claims and secure your reimbursement. Having all the coding and billing information online gives you instant access and reduces your time and effort when it comes to coding and billing accurately.

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Practices to be prepared for a 26.5% Drop in Medicare Pay in the coming year!

Some complex repair codes will face severe cuts in 2013.

As the New Year approaches practices wait anxiously to see if there are any chances of them losing money. This year The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has offered some relief in the 2013 MPFS including new transitional care management codes and associated payment but at the same time has included a 26.5 percent conversion factor cut that could impact practices across-the-board if Congress doesn’t act to reverse it before Jan. 1.

Since there was absence of Congressional action, an overall reduction of 26.5 percent will be imposed for the conversion factor that will be used to calculate payment for physicians’ services on or after January 1, 2013.

Some practices that will get affected is Neurology as neurologists will see a 7 percent cut to their total Medicare reimbursement in 2013, while pathologists will face 6 percent pay cuts. Independent laboratories will see a 14 percent combined impact due to the potentially misvalued care initiative, as has been revealed by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

If Congress doesn’t act to increase the conversion factor there could be additional cuts. According to the final rule, practitioners of dermatology are projected to see a 0 percent combined impact to their reimbursements. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, the relative value units (RVUS) were maintained at almost the same payment levels for most of the codes in the complex repair code family. But the final 2013 fee schedule included a reduction to some Dermatology codes like CPT codes 13152 with the description: Repair, complex, eyelids, nose, ears and/or lips; 2.6 cm to 7.5 cm by 13 percent, and CPT codes 13132 with the description: Repair, complex, forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, axillae, genitalia, hands and/or feet; 2.6 cm to 7.5 cm by 16 percent – as a result of the cut in physician work Relative Value Units.

For CPT codes 13152, the physician work Relative Value Units was cut by 23.08 percent and the practice expense Relative Value Units was cut by 4.4 percent; whereas for CPT codes 13132 the physician work Relative Value Units was cut by 27.36 percent and the practice expense Relative Value Units was cut 7.59 percent respectively.

Amongst other specialties mostly primary care is expected to see pay rises under the proposal. CMS has finalized a seven percent increase for family practitioners, a four percent boost for internal medicine physicians, and a five percent raise for geriatricians thereby causing some relief to some practices.