Are there any 2021 updates to ICD-10 diagnosis codes impacting your chiropractic claims? The answer is Yes, in fact there will be over 72,000 codes in ICD-10CM (clinical modification) which includes 490 additions, 58 deletions and 47 revisions. Welcome to your billing and coding weekly solutions by H.J. Ross Company Read more…
Did you know neck pain is the fourth-leading cause of disability globally? As a chiropractor you are no stranger to this common complaint so it is important to be on top of the latest changes in billable ICD-10 code used for healthcare diagnosis reimbursement of Cervicalgia (Neck Pain). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT1qL606blA Welcome Read more…
The Functional Reporting requirements for pain and functional scales (G8539, G8730 by example) to Medicare are no longer required. In fact use of the codes will result in the claim being denied effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2019. Beginning in 2021 any use will cause Read more…
On December 27, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 modified the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS): Provided a 3.75% increase in MPFS payments for CY 2021 Suspended the 2% payment adjustment (sequestration) through March 31, 2021 Reinstated the 1.0 floor on the work Geographic Practice Cost Index Read more…
Medicare rates were to have been reduced by about 10% for all services other than E&M codes. However, due to the recent senate and congressional voting funding additional monies to Medicare this cut was averted and will only be about 5-6% instead of 10%. Unfortunately, due to the late rulings Read more…