tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 6

Part B Coding Coach: 4 Tips Make For Flawless Neoplasm Coding

Haste makes waste-wait for the pathology report and cut out claim denial It may be easy to choose a cancer excision code, but nailing down the neoplasm diagnosis is a much trickier task. Follow these four expert tips to produce correctly coded claims. Tip 1: Don't Make a Move Without the Path Report Don't even try to choose a neoplasm diagnosis until you've received the results of the pathology study. "Without the pathology report, you're just guessing what kind of neoplasm you're dealing with," says Mary I. Falbo, MBA, CPC, president of Millennium Healthcare Consulting in Landsdale, PA...

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