Bad Luck On St. Patrick’s Day

Mar 15, 2013 | Uncategorized

Bad Luck On St. Patrick's DayT65.6X1A – Poisoning from green dye in beer, initial encounternR53.83 – Fatigue due to exhaustively searching for 4-leaf clovernY00.xxxA – Assault by blunt object (pot o’gold) thrown by leprechaun at the end of the rainbow, initial encounternW22.02xA – Injury incurred by walking into lamppost during St. Patty’s Day Parade, initial encounter.nnIn preparation for the upcoming deadline for ICD-10 implementation, Welter Healthcare Partners presents weekly ICD-10 Codes of the Week! Our goal is to familiarize you with the new and expanded code set and the additional clinical documentation needed from your providers to comply with ICD-10 coding, and more importantly, for accurate and clean claims submission to keep your revenue stream flowing! We are to help YOU prepare for the October 1, 2014 implementation date. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for all of your training and education needs!