A single ICD-10 code, a missing modifier or a misclassified procedure intent can shift a colonoscopy from a fully covered preventive service to a medically necessary diagnostic one, which could change ...

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and ...

Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy has opened the Kathryn Ann Meinders Digestive Health Institute on the campus of Mercy Hospital ...

The potential for mis-valuation of services has important implications for the supply and delivery of care. Stakeholders have expressed longstanding concerns with how the Centers for Medicare and ...

Being a plus-sized woman is such a complicated issue. I’ve been fat my entire life; I’ve been through phases where I’ve both hated and loved myself. But the hardest thing about being fat is the way ...

The FY 2026 ICD-10-CM guidelines bring refined updates for coding digestive system diseases, helping improve accuracy, compliance, and reimbursement. Coders must manage detailed rules, from ...

Lisa Sullivan, MS, is a nutritionist and health and wellness educator with nearly 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. You can look up ICD-10 codes using online tools like the NCHS ...

This guidance represents the view of NICE, arrived at after careful consideration of the evidence available. When exercising their judgement, healthcare professionals are expected to take this ...

Neonatal male circumcision in the U.S. has declined over the past decade. From 2012 to 2022, the overall prevalence of hospitalizations with a circumcision decreased significantly from 54.1% to 49.3%.

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Most studies on the effects of organisms on microplastic characteristics have focused ...