An ICD-10 code is a type of medical code used to represent diagnoses, symptoms and procedures. Dietitians need to use ICD-10 codes to bill insurance companies for nutrition counseling services. However, diagnosing medical conditions is not in a dietitian’s scope of practice, so using ICD-10 codes has to be done carefully.
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The “telehealth cliff” refers to the potential expiration of Medicare telehealth flexibilities – a looming regulatory rollback sending us back in time to the pre-2020 Medicare telehealth restrictions. This dropoff of accessibility to care could be detrimental to many patients and healthcare businesses.
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Procedure code G0108 is defined as, “diabetes outpatient self-management training services, individual, per 30 minutes.” This code is used to bill for diabetes education that is provided one-to-one. Patients may be educated on topics such as Pathophysiology of diabetes, treatment options, coping strategies, nutrition, physical activity, blood sugar monitoring and behavior change strategies.
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Intensive Behavioral Therapy (IBT) for cardiovascular disease is a preventive benefit for all Medicare beneficiaries, and is billed using HCPCS code G0446. This benefit can be billed annually and needs to be provided in a primary care setting by or incident to a physician or other primary care provider.
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Intensive Behavioral Therapy (IBT) for obesity is a preventive benefit for Medicare beneficiaries that have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater. The service involves a nutrition assessment, as well as interventions on diet and exercise, for weight loss. There are many nuances and specifics for billing this benefit.
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As healthcare professionals, it’s important that dietitians protect themselves legally. It can be scary to think about, but if you are caring for patients, you need to cover yourself in the case of a lawsuit.
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ADIME is a format of medical charting that stands for assessment, diagnosis, intervention, monitoring and evaluation. ADIME charting is specifically for dietitians as it mimics the steps of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP). Read more for an example, if it is required to use and how to adopt it into your practice.
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Patients with constipation can have a wide variety of nutrition problems and etiologies. There is no “right” or “wrong” PES statement, but make sure yours is specific to the patient using the data you collected in your assessment. There are many potential nutrition diagnoses across all the domains that can pertain to patients with constipation.
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Patients with cancer can have a wide variety of nutrition problems and etiologies. There is no “right” or “wrong” PES statement, but make sure yours is specific to the patient using the data you collected in your assessment. There are many potential nutrition diagnoses across all the domains that can pertain to patients with cancer.
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