"You Should See My Doctor": Cost-Effective Marketing Ideas for Your Practice -- Family ...
...HbA1c rate for your patients with diabetes. Outline your care-process models (a.k.a. critical pathways or protocols) for asth- ma, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. Highlight your low waiting times in the office, short waits for preventive health visits or after- hours access....
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0100/fpm20020100p33.pdf
"You Should See My Doctor": Cost-Effective Marketing Ideas for Your Practice -- FPM
Jan 1, 2002 - Marketing doesn’t have to be expensive, complicated or unethical. To begin, simply treat your current patients right.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0100/p33.html
10 Steps to Preparing Your Office for ICD-10 -- Now -- FPM
Feb 1, 2014 - Don't wait any longer. You need to take steps now to meet the Oct. 1 deadline.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/0100/p9.html
13 Months of Quality Improvement: Did It Work? -- FPM
Jan 1, 2001 - The article completes a series on one group's participation in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's chronic care quality improvement project. This article offers lessons learned from the project and explores whether the principles of quality improvement were effective.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0100/p55.html
2014 Is Finally Here - Oh My! -- FPM
Feb 1, 2014 - It's going to be a challenging year, but we can do this.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/0100/p4.html
6 Easy Steps to Low-Cost Electronic Medical Record -- Family Practice Management
...htn HYPERTENSION di DIABETES iddm INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS ms MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS bom BILATERAL OTITIS MEDIA narc CHRONIC PAIN SYNDROME, NARCOTIC DEPENDENCY mig MIGRAINE HEADACHE Instruction code Linked AutoText rice rest, ice, elastic compression...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0500/fpm20010500p33.pdf
A Multiple-Service Rule for E/M Services -- FPM
Jun 1, 2008 - A simple rule change could improve access and quality of care while reducing inequities between compensation for E/M services and for procedures.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2008/0600/p9.html
A Refresher on Coding Consultations -- FPM
Mar 1, 2007 - Here's a guide to the sometimes confusing documentation requirements for consultations.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0300/p45.html
A Refresher on medical Necessity -- Family Practice Management
...pain. Then you would ask about the patient’s past medical history to identify potential risk factors for coronary artery disease such as hypertension or dyslipidemia. You would also ask about family history of cardiovascular dis- ease and perform a social history to determine if the...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0700/fpm20060700p28.pdf
A Refresher on Medical Necessity -- FPM
Aug 1, 2006 - Reviewing the rules and examining your coding practices can decrease denials and help you get paid.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0700/p28.html
A Simple Approach to Shared Decision Making in Cancer Screening -- FPM
Jun 1, 2017 - When screening decisions aren't clear, this process can help you help your patients.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/0500/p5.html
A Systematic Approach to Managing Warfarin Doses -- FPM
May 1, 2005 - The article offers a systematic approach for the management of anticoagulation and adjustment of warfarin doses.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0500/p77.html
A Team-Based Care Model that Improves Job Satisfaction
...Hypertension control Median time to new appointment New patient appts made in two business days New patient appointments 10 | FPM | March/April 2018 www.aafp.org/fpm support the model. A local market disrup- tor began offering significantly higher MA wages, we were not...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0300/fpm20180300p6.pdf
A Team-Based Care Model That Improves Job Satisfaction -- FPM
Apr 1, 2018 - Expanding the role of medical assistants to better support providers can improve not only traditional outcomes but also job satisfaction.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0300/p6.html
A three-step guide to coding for multiple skin procedures in a single visit -- FPM
Follow these three steps to bill correctly, avoid denials, and make sure you’re not leaving revenue on the table when you perform skin biopsies and lesion removals.
Family Practice Management : Quick Tips : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/skin_procedure_coding.html
A Tool for Evaluating Hypertension -- FPM
Mar 1, 2004 - The article offers an evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, based on the seventh report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7), and includes an encounter form to aid physicians ...
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0300/p79.html
A Tool for Evaluating Patients with a Knee Injury -- FPM
Mar 1, 2005 - The article is part of the Point-of-Care Guides series and provides an evidence-based encounter form for use with patients who present with knee injury.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0300/p67.html
A Tool For Evaluating Patients With Cold Symptoms -- FPM
Oct 1, 2004 - The article describes an encounter form that can improve documentation of visits for patients with cold symptoms and reduce the amount of time spent documenting, which sometimes can take longer than the visit itself.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/1000/p53.html
Acute Otitis Media in Children -- FPM
Jun 1, 2004 - The article presents an evidence-based approach to diagnosing and treating otitis media and provides an encounter form.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0600/p52.html
Adding Health Education Specialists to Your Practice -- FPM
Apr 1, 2014 - These multifaceted employees can improve patient care, generate additional net revenue, and prepare your practice for the future.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/0300/p10.html
Adult Hypertension Treatment Algorithm
...ADULT HYPERTENSION TREATMENT ALGORITHM Basic • H and P • BMP • Urinalysis • Micro-albumin If ACE intolerant If not in control If not in control Beta blocker metoprolol succinate ER 25 mg X 1 daily 50 mg X 1 daily 100 mg X 1 daily (Keep heart...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/0500/fpm20160500p23-rt1.pdf
Ambulatory Patient Checklist for MAs
... Hypertension Preventive care Diabetes Vital signs Patient education sheets identified and linked Recheck blood pressure if elevated (>129/84) Patient assessed for gown Expectation management Doctor notified Check-out Referrals and...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2013/0900/fpm20130900p18-rt1.pdf
An Organized Approach to Chronic Disease Care -- FPM
Jun 1, 2011 - Delivering better chronic disease care is a team sport that requires a clear game plan.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/0500/p27.html
Applying the "Theory of Constraints" to Solve Your Practice's Most Vexing Problem -- FPM
Oct 1, 2014 - What stands in the way of your practice achieving its goal?
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/0900/p18.html
Are You Ready for Maintenance of Certification? -- Family Practice Management
...ment modules to improve their knowledge of common medical problems. (See the example above.) The first two modules address diabe- tes and hypertension, and new topics will be added each year. The ABFP will be develop- ing specifications for the self-assessment mod- ules so that...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0100/fpm20050100p42.pdf
Are You Ready for Maintenance of Certification? -- FPM
Jan 1, 2005 - The new board recertification process has garnered mixed reviews from family physicians. Find out how it will impact you.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0100/p42.html
Ask FPM - Mar 2004 -- FPM
Mar 1, 2004 - ...of topics. These can focus on prevention, nutrition, exercise, smoking cessation or common conditions such as asthma, diabetes and hypertension. Some practices have a TV nook where educational videos are available for patients to choose to view. Nature programs, music and art videos...
Family Practice Management : Q&As
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0300/p86.html
Asthma Days: An Approach to Planned Asthma Care -- Family Practice Management
...efficiency and effectiveness. The principles outlined here could apply to any chronic disease, such as diabetes, heart failure and hypertension. While it is not the only way to provide excellent care for chronic diseases, it has performed very well in supporting the goals we’ve set...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/1000/fpm20041000p43.pdf
Asthma Days: An Approach to Planned Asthma Care for Family Physicians -- FPM
Oct 1, 2004 - Find out how one practice has improved care and outcomes for its asthma patients and increased practice revenue at the same time.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/1000/p43.html
Avoiding Ambiguous Documentation -- FPM
May 1, 2007 - Unclear terms can weaken medical documentation and confuse your colleagues, and this physician has had enough.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0500/p60.html
Back to the Future: The Telemedicine House Call -- FPM
Jan 1, 1998 - This pilot project showed that high-tech can mean high-touch.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1998/0100/p18.html
Becoming an Effective Physician Leader -- FPM
May 1, 1999 - Your clinical practice has planted the seeds of leadership skills, but they need intensive cultivation to flourish.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0500/p35.html
Big Business and Bad Medicine -- FPM
Jun 1, 1999 - Editorial arguing that efforts to make medicine into big business are doomed to failure because they are economically unsound and because medicine is an art, not a business, and an art that depends on the doctor being set apart as special, not shoved into a slot with other providers.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0600/p8.html
Billing for Your Work With Surgeons -- FPM
Aug 1, 2004 - Coding and billing for services when a patient is undergoing surgery and is also under the care of a surgeon can be challenging for family physicians; the author explains how to do it right.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0700/p16.html
Breaking Even on Four Visits Per Day -- FPM
Jun 1, 2007 - Spurning health plan contracts enabled this practice to dramatically reduce overhead and fees while improving access for the uninsured.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0600/p19.html
Browse FPM Documents on Topic: org.aafp.jms.model.TaxonomyTerm@1045dd5b
...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness [Feature] As risk-adjustment scoring increases, the pressure is on to code hypertension correctly. Here’s an overview using common patient scenarios. March/April 2019 Issue Skin Deep: How to Properly...
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...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness [Feature] As risk-adjustment scoring increases, the pressure is on to code hypertension correctly. Here’s an overview using common patient scenarios. January/February 2020 Issue The 2020 Medicare...
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...A Tool for Evaluating Hypertension [Improving Patient Care] The article offers an evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, based on the seventh report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood...
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...This installment in FPM's ICD-10 series explains the guidelines for coding hypertension. January/February 2014 Issue 10 Steps to Preparing Your Office for ICD-10 -- Now [Feature] Don't wait any longer. You need to take steps now to meet the Oct. 1 deadline....
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...Setting a goal, identifying the right patients, and implementing team care can help bring hypertension under control. November/December 2015 Issue Putting Pre-Visit Planning Into Practice [Feature] Patient visits can be more effective if much of the information gathering...
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...A Tool for Evaluating Hypertension [Improving Patient Care] The article offers an evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, based on the seventh report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood...
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...Controlling Hypertension: Focusing on "Why" Makes "How" a Lot Easier [Feature] Understanding the power of quality data and then starting with a few specific measures leads to improved blood pressure rates. September/October 2014 Issue Health Confidence: A Simple,...
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...This installment in FPM's ICD-10 series explains the guidelines for coding hypertension. January/February 2014 Issue 10 Steps to Preparing Your Office for ICD-10 -- Now [Feature] Don't wait any longer. You need to take steps now to meet the Oct. 1 deadline....
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...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness [Feature] As risk-adjustment scoring increases, the pressure is on to code hypertension correctly. Here’s an overview using common patient scenarios. January/February 2020 Issue The 2020 Medicare...
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...Setting a goal, identifying the right patients, and implementing team care can help bring hypertension under control. January/February 2016 Issue Ring In the New Year With Five Five-Star Apps [SPPACES: App Reviews] From keeping up with preventive service recommendations...
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...Controlling Hypertension: Focusing on "Why" Makes "How" a Lot Easier [Feature] Understanding the power of quality data and then starting with a few specific measures leads to improved blood pressure rates. September/October 2014 Issue Health Confidence: A Simple,...
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...Controlling Hypertension: Focusing on "Why" Makes "How" a Lot Easier [Feature] Understanding the power of quality data and then starting with a few specific measures leads to improved blood pressure rates. September/October 2014 Issue Gambling on the Transition From...
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...Setting a goal, identifying the right patients, and implementing team care can help bring hypertension under control. November/December 2015 Issue Putting Pre-Visit Planning Into Practice [Feature] Patient visits can be more effective if much of the information gathering...
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...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness [Feature] As risk-adjustment scoring increases, the pressure is on to code hypertension correctly. Here’s an overview using common patient scenarios. March/April 2018 Issue Is Your Diagnosis Coding...
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...Hypertension May/June 2020 Issue Implementing Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Primary Care Practice [Feature] In-office blood pressure readings are often inaccurate or insufficient. Here’s a way to get a better picture of how your patients are doing and get paid for it....
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...Setting a goal, identifying the right patients, and implementing team care can help bring hypertension under control. January/February 2016 Issue Ring In the New Year With Five Five-Star Apps [SPPACES: App Reviews] From keeping up with preventive service recommendations...
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...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness [Feature] As risk-adjustment scoring increases, the pressure is on to code hypertension correctly. Here’s an overview using common patient scenarios. March/April 2019 Issue Skin Deep: How to Properly...
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Building an Outdoor Urgent Care Clinic During a Pandemic: One Clinic's Experience -- FPM
Oct 1, 2020 - When an infectious disease outbreak strikes, an outdoor clinic can reduce the risk of transmission and conserve personal protective equipment.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p14.html
Building an Outdoor Urgent Care Clinic During a Pandemic: One Clinic’s Experience
...tremen- dously. As expected, our billable diagno- ses changed significantly over this time period. Our top four diagnoses pre-COVID were hypertension, low-back pain, annual physicals, and hyperlipidemia. During the initial six weeks of our outdoor urgent care clinic, the top four...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/fpm20200900p14.pdf
Can We Avoid Errors in Family Practice? -- FPM
Aug 1, 2002 - FPM's medical editor writes about research to identify sources of error in family practice.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0700/p15.html
Can Your Patients Afford the Medications You Prescribe? -- Family Practice Management
...than 15 years. You’ve been treating her hypertension and type-2 diabetes for most of that time. Until recently, she was able to control both with some of the newer medica- tions for these diseases. Over the past year, however, both her hypertension and diabetes have been sliding out...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0400/fpm20060400p67.pdf
Can Your Patients Afford the Medications You Prescribe? -- FPM
Apr 1, 2006 - Patient adherence may depend on the answer to this question, so it must be asked.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0400/p67.html
Cardiac Risk Assessment -- FPM
Oct 1, 2014 - The Cardiac Risk Assist app allows health care professionals to calculate 10-year and lifetime risks for atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) disease.
Family Practice Management : SPPACES: App Reviews
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/0900/p32.html
Caring for Me Is Caring for You: The Power of Self-Care and Personal Transformation -- FPM
Apr 1, 2020 - Want to see change in your team, your organization, or beyond? Start by filling your own tank.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0300/p17.html
Cashing in on House Calls -- Family Practice Management
...attention. I also offer online consultations for established patients, for a fee. This is a great way to help patients with diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol to manage their health between visits. Financing the practice The financial success of a cash-based house...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0200/fpm20060200p67.pdf
Cashing in on House Calls -- FPM
Feb 1, 2006 - A cash-only, house call practice enabled this physician to earn more while spending less.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0200/p67.html
Charting Then and Now -- FPM
Feb 1, 2009 - Chart notes used to be primarily for doctors, but oh how times have changed.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2009/0100/p40.html
Chronic Disease Care -- FPM Topic Collection
Jul 22, 2010 - This article collection features popular FPM content on the subject of chronic disease care. This article collection features popular FPM content on the subject of chronic disease care.
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=47
Clinical Decision Tools -- FPM Toolbox
Apr 27, 2016 - Download algorithms, calculators, and other tools to help you treat hypertension, adjust warfarin levels, and more.
Family Practice Management : FPM Toolbox : Clinical Decision Tools
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolBox/viewToolType.htm?toolTypeId=29
Coding "Routine" Office visits: 99213 or 99214? -- Family Practice Management
...hypertension to the clinical scenario, the calculation of the medical decision making changes. In this case, you would garner three problem points (two points for the established, worsening problem of osteoarthritis and one point for the estab- lished, stable problem of...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0900/fpm20050900p52.pdf
Coding "Routine" Office Visits: 99213 or 99214? -- FPM
Sep 1, 2005 - Before choosing 99213 for routine visits, consider whether your work qualifies for a 99214.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0900/p52.html
Coding & Documentation - Apr 2001 -- FPM
Apr 1, 2001 - ...FPM, especially as it pertains to an established patient. It is not rare to have an elderly patient come into the office with diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease and a new onset of dizziness or fatigue. The work-up requires level-V history and level-V decision making,...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0400/p16.html
Coding & Documentation - Apr 2004 -- FPM
Apr 1, 2004 - ...if a physician tells a patient with hypertension to return to the office every six months for a blood-pressure check, 99211 should be used because the blood-pressure check is medically necessary to evaluate and manage the patient’s hypertension. On the other hand, if every patient...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0400/p23.html
Coding & Documentation - Apr 2006 -- FPM
Apr 1, 2006 - ...A rehabilitation physician has requested my consultation for management of problems such as hypertension and diabetes. His patients are in the acute rehab unit of the hospital and have no other primary care physician. He is recognized as the attending. How should I code these...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0400/p31.html
Coding & Documentation - Feb 2001 -- FPM
Feb 1, 2001 - ...or concerns about hypertension and elevated triglycerides that we address, can we charge the biopsy code plus an office visit code? A Yes. If the work otherwise associated with an E/M service, such as 99212, is done to address his concerns about hypertension and elevated...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0200/p14.html
Coding & Documentation - Feb 2003 -- FPM
Feb 1, 2003 - ...In the documentation guidelines, what constitutes status of a chronic disease, and how should it be documented (e.g., pt has diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, or pt has well-controlled dm on X with glucoses X, etc. )? A The documentation guidelines don’t address your point...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/0200/p23.html
Coding & Documentation - Jan-Feb 2015 -- FPM
Feb 1, 2015 - ...A nurse practitioner in our practice provided a follow-up visit for hypertension. The encounter met all the requirements for billing incident to the physician, except that the patient also presented with a new complaint, for which an antibiotic was prescribed. How should this be...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2015/0100/p32.html
Coding & Documentation - Jan-Feb 2016 -- FPM
Feb 1, 2016 - ...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness A Refresher on Medical Necessity Editor's Collections Coding & Documentation Related Topic Searches Time-based coding MOST RECENT ISSUE Sep-Oct 2020 Access the latest issue of FPM journal...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/0100/p34.html
Coding & Documentation - Jan-Feb 2017 -- FPM
Feb 1, 2017 - ...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness Countdown to the E/M Coding Changes Coding Changes for Family Medicine in 2018 Editor's Collections Documentation Guidelines Coding & Documentation Related Topic Searches Evaluation and...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/0100/p35.html
Coding & Documentation - Jan-Feb 2018 -- FPM
Feb 1, 2018 - Reciprocal billing during extended absences | ICD-10 coding for accidents without injury | Removal of impacted cerumen
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0100/p33.html
Coding & Documentation - Jul 1999 -- FPM
Aug 1, 1999 - ...How do I bill for obstetric services provided in the hospital — such as evaluating a patient with preterm contractions or hypertension, or ruling out rupture of membranes — when the evaluation doesn't lead to admission? By my reading of the global maternity care codes, these...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0700/p12.html
Coding & Documentation - Jul 2003 -- FPM
Aug 1, 2003 - ...services codes (99201–99215). For example, if a surgeon calls you in to evaluate and manage pre-existing medical conditions (e.g., hypertension and diabetes) for which you have previously seen the patient, an established patient office or other outpatient services code (99211–99215)...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/0700/p25.html
Coding & Documentation - Jul-Aug 2015 -- FPM
Aug 1, 2015 - ...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness Take Charge of Coding: Don't Lose Income to Neglect Editor's Collections Billing & Claims Working With Insurers Getting Paid Coding & Documentation Related Topic Searches Billing and claims...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2015/0700/p35.html
Coding & Documentation - Jul-Aug 2016 -- FPM
Aug 1, 2016 - ...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness Editor's Collections Coding ICD-10 Coding Coding & Documentation Related Topic Searches ICD-10 CPT: Modifiers MOST RECENT ISSUE Sep-Oct 2020 Access the latest issue of FPM journal...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/0700/p38.html
Coding & Documentation - Jul-Aug 2017 -- FPM
Aug 1, 2017 - ...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness Immunizations: How to Protect Patients and the Bottom Line Editor's Collections Coding Coding & Documentation Related Topic Searches CPT: Immunization codes MOST RECENT ISSUE Sep-Oct 2020...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/0700/p37.html
Coding & Documentation - Jul-Aug 2020 -- FPM
Aug 1, 2020 - Lab tests requiring modifier QW | Newborn: new patient or not? | Shared services for new patients | Coding sex-specific services for transgender patients | Pacemaker due to sick sinus syndrome
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0700/p36.html
Coding & Documentation - Mar-Apr 2014 -- FPM
Apr 1, 2014 - ...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness Are You Coding Accurately? Countdown to the E/M Coding Changes Editor's Collections ICD-10 Coding Coding & Documentation Related Topic Searches ICD-10 MOST RECENT ISSUE Sep-Oct 2020...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/0300/p27.html
Coding & Documentation - Mar-Apr 2015 -- FPM
Apr 1, 2015 - ...Reviewing a patient's medications is required during a Medicare annual wellness visit (AWV) but assessing chronic conditions such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia is not, even though these tasks are inter-related. Is the latter separately billable when performed in the context of...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2015/0300/p30.html
Coding & Documentation - Mar-Apr 2017 -- FPM
Apr 1, 2017 - ...those that affected management decisions at the current encounter are pertinent to medical decision-making (e.g., a patient's controlled hypertension has little to no impact on treatment decisions if a patient presents with sore throat). You should be able to alter the documentation...
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Coding & Documentation - Mar-Apr 2018 -- FPM
Apr 1, 2018 - Time spent on chronic care management vs. time spent on E/M services | ICD-10 coding for bug bites | Billing for palliative care visits
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0300/p41.html
Coding & Documentation - May-Jun 2018 -- FPM
Jun 1, 2018 - ICD-10 coding for hypertension and diabetes | Physician certification of diabetic shoes | Umbilical cauterization
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0500/p33.html
Coding & Documentation - Nov 1999 -- FPM
Dec 1, 1999 - ...We perform yearly comprehensive exams in which we mostly discuss and review patients' chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and CHF. We also discuss prevention of osteoporosis, colon cancer, cholesterol problems, etc. How should we code these visits, and do the...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/1100/p14.html
Coding & Documentation - Nov 2002 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2002 - ...and separately identifiable from the G0101 service. An example would be if an established Medicare patient with chronic essential hypertension on a multiple-drug regimen presents for a periodic checkup of her condition, you note that the patient is overdue for a screening pelvic and...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/1100/p30.html
Coding & Documentation - Nov 2003 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2003 - ...for hip surgery and, subsequent to the surgery, asks you for your opinion and advice regarding evaluation and/or management of the hypertension the patient is having in the hospital, you may code that service as a consultation, provided that you document the request and any services...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/1100/p19.html
Coding & Documentation - Nov 2008 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2008 - ...diabetic checkup, which we billed using CPT code 99213 and ICD-9 code 250.02. A few hours later, this patient came in with a migraine and hypertension issues. Could we have reported code 99058 for the second visit? A Code 99058 is to be reported in addition to the code for an...
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Coding & Documentation - Nov-Dec 2011 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2011 - ...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness Four Medicare Myths Exposed Another Ounce of Prevention Editor's Collections Billing & Claims Medicare Medicare Annual Wellness Visits Getting Paid Coding & Documentation Related Topic...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2011/1100/p39.html
Coding & Documentation - Nov-Dec 2015 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2015 - ...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness Editor's Collections ICD-10 Coding Coding & Documentation Related Topic Searches ICD-10 MOST RECENT ISSUE Sep-Oct 2020 Access the latest issue of FPM journal Read the Issue FPM...
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Coding & Documentation - Nov-Dec 2016 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2016 - ...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness Countdown to the E/M Coding Changes Skin Deep: How to Properly Code for Biopsies and Lesion Removal Editor's Collections Documentation Guidelines Coding & Documentation Related Topic Searches...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/1100/p31.html
Coding & Documentation - Nov-Dec 2018 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2018 - When the chief complaint is medication refill | 99221 for second hospital encounter? | Staph infection of a wound
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/1100/p32.html
Coding & Documentation - Oct 2000 -- FPM
Oct 1, 2000 - ...chest pain and he answers no, does our exchange count toward the HPI or ROS? What about when I ask the same question of a patient with hypertension or diabetes? For a patient with diabetes, should questions about polyuria and thirst count toward the HPI while questions about visual...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/1000/p23.html
Coding & Documentation - Oct 2003 -- FPM
Oct 1, 2003 - ...and separately identifiable from the G0101 service. An example would be if an established Medicare patient with chronic essential hypertension on a multiple-drug regimen presents for a periodic check-up of her condition, you note that the patient is overdue for a screening pelvic...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/1000/p16.html
Coding & Documentation - Sep 2003 -- FPM
Sep 1, 2003 - ...the patient’s fitness for surgery, especially if the patient has chronic or comorbid conditions that may be relevant (e.g., diabetes, hypertension). If the family physician documents the surgeon’s request, the resulting advice and any services ordered or performed and then provides...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/0900/p25.html
Coding & Documentation - Sep 2005 -- FPM
Sep 1, 2005 - ...Hypertension management Coding a B12 injection Biofeedback training House visits to hospice patients Billing for initial hospital care Coding a newborn office visit Hypertension management Q I recently saw an asymptomatic patient in the clinic for hypertension management. His blood...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0900/p26.html
Coding & Documentation - Sep-Oct 2016 -- FPM
Oct 1, 2016 - ...Coding for Hypertension: Painting a Picture of the Severity of Illness Countdown to the E/M Coding Changes Editor's Collections ICD-10 Coding Coding & Documentation Related Topic Searches ICD-10 MOST RECENT ISSUE Sep-Oct 2020 Access the latest issue of FPM...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/0900/p40.html
Coding & Documentation - Sep-Oct 2017 -- FPM
Oct 1, 2017 - ...Diagnosis coding for hypertension and heart failure Medicare payment for telemedicine home visits ICD-10 code updates for Oct. 1 Q What changes to ICD-10 codes for 2017–2018 will affect family medicine the most? A About 750 total changes will be implemented on Oct. 1, 2017 – many...
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