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This year’s just-in fifth-digit diagnosis codes for BMI help you document a patient’s condition better, especially when the patient’s BMI might lead to more complex risk factors for the anesthesiologist to handle. However, having documentation of a high BMI does not automatically lead to more payments. Watch two areas prior to assuming you can automatically add modifier 22 (Increased procedural services) owing to BMI and potentially score a 20-30 percent higher pay for t......
Losing weight is one of the major concern not only by those people who are suffering from severe obesity, but also by agencies involved in helping these people have a better life. In fact, recent survey showed that obesity rates in the United States are among the highest in the world with as much as 74.1 percent adults being overweight or obese, while obesity-attributable medical expenditures reached $75 billion to over $110 billion.   If you are one of these people or close to being over......
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