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How Dental ICD-10 codes are able to tell a story
Telling the story in Dental ICD-10 Codes
Not all medical aid schemes require external cause codes: however, correct use of the codes will allow you to “tell the story” and get paid faster, without providing a narrative.
Good use of external cause codes (how did the injury occur, what was the patient’s activity at the time of the injury, where did the injury occur and what was the patient’s status at the time of the injury). By using correct coding the dentist can tell an entire story to a medical aid scheme without having to send in a narrative.
Here’s one such scenario:
A 12-year-old boy fell at home in his yard while riding his bike.
When he fell, he landed on a tree root and cut his lower lip.
The patient now presents for evaluation.
What are the ICD-10 codes?
– S01.541A Puncture wound with foreign body of lip, initial encounter
– V18.0xxA Pedal cycle driver injured in non-collision transport accident in non-traffic accident.
– Y92.017 Garden or yard in single family (private) house as place of occurrence for external cause
– Y93.55 Activity, bike riding
– Y99.8 Other external cause status (includes leisure activity)
The dentist is able to tell the medical aid scheme why the patient was treated, how the injury occurred, where the injury occurred, what the patient was doing at the time the injury occurred and why they were doing it (i.e. civilian, military or work related).
This is pretty cool and the effort that is put in up front before the claim is submitted is going to prevent lots of headaches and paperwork later on.
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Medical practice management software
What is medical practice management software?
Medical practice management software covers all the administrative tasks a healthcare provider or facility requires.
Medical practice management software is designed to help healthcare provider facilities run more efficiently. It’s a IT solution that can be used for scheduling appointments, tracking appointment times, managing billing cycles and managing patient information.
Medical practice management software is an essential component of any modern medical facility, as it allows healthcare providers to stay organised and ensure high-level patient care. By consolidating all information related to patients and providers into a single platform, healthcare professionals can easily navigate important details about patients and other information.
Without this software, organising any medical practice would be labour-intensive and subject to significant human error.
Top features of medical practice management software
Medical practice management software covers patient information tracking, billing and reporting, which are all key functions of running a healthcare practice as a business.
Intuitive and effective practice management software is central to a practice’s workflow.
Here are some features to look out for and why they’re important:
Patient information tracking
The most basic and arguably most important feature for medical practice management software is the ability to maintain up-to-date information on patients, including medical history, family history, next-of-kin, medications, allergies and test results.
You can also use medical practice management software to verify the status of a patient’s medical benefits, confirming whether it is still intact and estimating co-payments, out-of-pocket expenses, and/or prior authorisations.
Most medical practice management software includes a calendar tool that allows front-office staff to schedule patients by healthcare provider and date, making it quick and easy to review patient information prior to a visit.
Practice billing
Good medical practice management software will allow you to process payments and record billing history all on one platform with built-in electronic submission (EDI) capabilities. Front-office staff can capture patient payments upfront when a patient arrives for an appointment, and back-office staff can code claims for reimbursement and submit them to payers (such as medical aid schemes), managing those that are denied or rejected. The ability to handle credit control is an important consideration.
Reports
Heathcare providers and other medical professionals need patient data to be effective at their jobs. Medical practice management software allows you to generate important reports on your patients for other healthcare personnel. This can improve patient care and ensure your practice gives patients, doctors and other providers accurate, useful information.
Similarly, medical practice management software should be able to generate financial reports that help you track the profitability of your practice as a business. These reports include information like accounts receivable (A/R), the days claims spend in A/R, and total billing versus expected reimbursements.
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2021 Master Industry Table for ICD-10 Codes
| Dear Medprax Clients
The 2021 Master Industry Table for ICD 10 Codes have been published to accommodate more ICD 10 Codes for Covid 19 and any other future diseases of uncertain etiology. Here is the shortlist of new valid clinical and primary ICD 10 codes added for 2021:
Thank you |
New pill with ingestible microchip monitors you from the inside
New pill with ingestible microchip monitors you from the inside
** With courtesy: TechRepublic
By Janet Fang | January 17, 2012, 11:24 PM PST
Soon, patients will be able to buy smart pills that have tiny ingestible sensors that can help track their medication use. Um, the call is coming from inside the house?
Patients not taking their meds as prescribed cost the US $290 billion in increased medical costs.
And last week, Silicon Valley’s Proteus Biomedical announced the launch of their ‘digital health product’ in the UK, in collaboration with pharmacy chain Lloydspharmacy.
“The most important and basic thing we can monitor is the actual physical use of the medicine,” says Andrew Thompson of Proteus Biomedical.
These ‘sensor-enabled tablets’ are called Helius, and they come with ‘ingestible event markers.’ These can be taken with pills or incorporated directly into medicines by the manufacturers. The sensors are embedded in a placebo to be taken alongside the actual meds.
The sensors are activated by stomach acid, and as Nature News explains, they’re powered much like potato batteries (where 2 different metals generate a current when inserted into the tuber).
Each sensor – about the size of a grain of sand – contains a tiny amount of copper and magnesium. When you swallow one of these devices, you become the potato that creates a voltage. That then is used to power the device, which creates a signal.
The digital signal can’t be detected except by an adhesive patch attached to your skin, like a bandage.
It monitors things like heart rate, respiration, temperature, body posture, and even sleeping patterns – to show how you’re responding to the medication.
These data are then relayed to your cellphone to be shared with whomever you like. Your doctor might decide to change dosages or medication based on that info.
The cost of the monitoring service is slated to be £50 ($77) a month. Lloydspharmacy hopes to make the system available in September.
Proteus Biomedical is developing and commercializing a range of digital health care products with others in the industry, such as Novartis, Medtronic, ON Semiconductor, and Kaiser Permanente. The company has already tested the system in hundreds of patients in many different therapeutic areas: tuberculosis, mental health, heart failure, hypertension, and diabetes.