A Code for What Ails You - Florida Medical Codes From Lightning Strikes to Turtle Bites
Have you ever looked at exactly what ICD-10 entails,
Florida? Medical codes for diagnoses and procedures together number 155,000, up from 24,000 just a few years ago. And some of what you'll find in those codes may seem strange.
Get injured in a chicken coop as opposed to on a squash courts? There's a code for that. Was it an accident in the driveway of a mobile home or a house? There's a code for that, too. Struck by lightning, pecked by a macaw or injured while playing a tuba - it's all in there. And many of these codes have people scratching their heads and wondering if medical coding has gone a bit overboard.
We're unsure why it matters whether you slipped and hit your head on the floor of an art gallery or the opera house. But we assure you there's a medical code that differentiates the two. And it's up to Florida's medical coders to get every detail correct when submitting claims to insurance companies for a physician's reimbursement.
For many physicians in Florida, medical coding, along with multiple other ever-changing functions, has become a strain on their human, time and financial resources. That's why
iATROS Healthcare Services offers services including medical coding and billing, patient scheduling and pre-verification of insurance coverage, EMR conversion and consulting and more. If the business of healthcare is limiting your ability to actually deliver quality healthcare to your patient, call iATROS at 877-900-6763.