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Chiropractic documentation: Are you the droid they’re looking for?

Chiropractic Economics

The devil is in the details of chiropractic documentation, and it’s painfully obvious when that’s missing. If it wasn’t documented, it didn’t happen Most DCs aren’t deliberately and knowingly breaking the law. They make chiropractic documentation errors not with the cold intent to defraud, but from sheer ignorance or overwhelm.

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Chiropractic maintenance care: How to recognize it, document it and code it

Chiropractic Economics

This article describes what maintenance care is and how it should be documented and coded in your practice. By definition Maintenance or preventive care is defined as appropriate, professionally acceptable treatment, usually for a chronic condition or after completion of therapeutic active treatment.

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Proper billing for durable medical equipment

Chiropractic Economics

Step 2 After confirming a benefit for the item, the provider’s team must confirm the diagnosis for which the item is being prescribed is on the approved diagnosis list found in the payer’s medical review policy (MRP). Documentation requirements Proper documentation is paramount when billing DME to insurance companies.

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Chiropractic Coding: Documenting the Routine Office Visit (ROV)

ChiroTouch

The initial patient visit involves a comprehensive evaluation to create a tailored treatment plan, while subsequent visits focus on refining this plan based on the patient’s progress. Chiropractic coding and documentation capture every adjustment and treatment detail, ensuring excellent patient care and simplifying billing and compliance.

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Use your coding practices to attract personal injury cases and bill defense

Chiropractic Economics

That might sound easy, but the biggest contention area in medical lien recovery generally isn’t your treatment; it’s the amount of your bill. Be able to prove transmission and receipt of these documents for your own protection. Coding and documentation And what about coding? Document, document, document.

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6 Key ChiroUp Condition Reference Updates to Enhance Your Success

ChiroUp

Sometimes, there is one test that is pathognomonic with a diagnosis. Traditionally, ChiroUp shows you all the tests (orthopedic, neurologic, ROM, pathologic) that a chiropractor should perform per diagnosis. Astute practitioners balance positive and negative orthopedic tests to arrive at a reasonable differential diagnosis.

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Stop outsourcing with new technology

Chiropractic Economics

Then, you begin treatment. Now, it’s possible to obtain a correct diagnosis, discover exact pain points and provide the appropriate treatment for these “previously hidden” injuries. Medical professionals can use this data to provide better treatment, which varies according to the diagnosis. “A

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