less from ICD therapy may be erroneous: (i) the relatively short follow-up time of the studies (ended as soon as ICD therapy benefit became manifest); (ii) high 'crossover rate' from control to ICD therapy; and (iii) predominance of study endpoints (deaths) in the 'sickest' patients....
There are different types of audits medical practices can perform to assist providers in understanding documentation requirements and revenue cycle deficits. There are changes to medical code sets, such as CPT® and ICD-10-CM, each year, and HCPCS codes change quarterly. Audits help to...
Cohorts of patients undergoing medical versus invasive therapy were identified and validated by a combination of ICD-10 codes, operation codes, and linkage to coronary angiography data. Multivariate analysis was performed to investigate the influence of baseline characteristics on treatment decisions. ...