Medical Billing and Coding Information Guide
AIDS stands for Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is chronic disease. This is also known as HIV – Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. HIV infection weakens the body’s ability to fight infection and disease. HIV spread by contact with infected blood and from illicit injection use or sharing needles. HIV also spread due … Read more
Anemia of inflammation, also called anemia of chronic disease or ACD. This is a type of anemia that affects people who have conditions that cause inflammation like infections, autoimmune diseases, cancer, etc. Anemia is a type of blood disorder that is usually caused by a lack of blood. In fact, red blood cells are reduced … Read more
What is pneumonia? Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs due to bacteria, virus, and fungi and it can be a mild to severe infection that patient has to go to the hospital. Types of Pneumonia: There are 4 types of Pneumonia and all these are classifieds as per their symptoms: HAP- Hospital-acquired pneumonia- HAP … Read more
UTI stands for Urinary Tract Infection. It is an infection of any part of the urinary system like the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. In common cases, most of the infections affect the lower urinary tract in the bladder and the urethra. In this article, we know in detail about UTI ICD 10 Codes. UTI … Read more
Osteoporosis is a disease of bones due to this disease density of bone and strength is reduced. Bones become more fragile and weak and the risk of fracture is increased. Due to Osteoporosis disease bones become weak and brittle. Osteoporosis-related fractures most commonly occur in parts of the body like the hip, spine, and wrist. … Read more
Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes and it can mostly be developed during pregnancy time in women, it is not necessary that the patient has already diabetes. As per the research on a yearly basis, 2- 10 per cent of pregnancies in the USA are affected by Gestational Diabetes. It is very important to … Read more
The medical billing system of the United States of America is one of the most structured ones and it is this organization that makes medical billing one of the easiest jobs. Z48. 02 is a /specific ICD-10 code for Suture Removal and it can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. Each of the citizens … Read more
For those who do not already know, ICD or the International Classification of Diseases 10th revision is a comprehensive guide for all the diseases for which reimbursement can be easily sought. This is a behavioural as well as a neurodevelopmental disorder and the alcohol Withdrawal ICD 10 code is set at F10.230. It often happens … Read more
Radiculopathy is a disease that not many individuals are aware of, however, it is a very widespread problem and quite a few people get infected with the same. Radiculopathy is known to be a very complex disease and it tends to affect the root of the nerve. ICD Code for Radiculopathy is M54.1, which we … Read more
One of the most vital organs of most human beings is the heart and understanding the mechanism of the same can be tough at certain times. ICD 10 code for secondary cardiomyopathy is used for improve heart’s ability and pump blood. However, it often happens that there are certain implications of the heart muscle which … Read more
