By: Gaugan | 2012-03-14 | Medicine If you think you know 97001-97004 backward and forward, you may be surprised that you should avoid using E/M codes for physical therapists (PTs) and occupational therapists (OTs). read more
By: jamesarticle | 2011-09-28 | Health & Fitness You should upgrade Endoscopic Control of Nasal Hemorrhage with Modifier 22. You can report 31238 for endoscopic transnasal sphenopalatine artery ligation appended by modifier 22. read more
By: G Gandhi | 2012-03-01 | Insurance CPT 2002 includes several new musculoskeletal codes that the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) has yet to address, especially with regard to the appropriateness of bundling some of these procedures. Although many billers rely on CCI’s quarterly edits for the most current Medicare bundling guidance, non-Medicare carriers can bundle according to any guidance that professional societies and associati read more
By: jamesarticle | 2011-12-02 | Health & Fitness Each CPT® update brings an enormous overhaul of a diverse cardiology coding area, and 2012 will definitely be no exception. read more
By: James Smith | 2010-12-10 | Health & Fitness CPT 2011 comes up with a new code that'll help you get paid when a doctor orders a placental alpha microglobulin-1 (PAMG-1) test to identify PROM. read more
By: James Smith | 2010-09-16 | Health & Fitness Two new codes were proposed for urine drug testing in 2011 and you might need some help to sorting it out. read more
By: jamesarticle | 2011-10-04 | Health & Fitness Be it cold biopsy forceps, hot biopsy forceps or snare technique - normally it's the technique that drives your code selection. read more
By: James Smith | 2010-12-24 | Health & Fitness Latest CPT comes to your rescue with revised debridement code guidelines that explain how to choose between the two code groups. read more
By: Erin Articles | 2011-04-06 | Health & Fitness Heres a pediatric coding scenario: A pediatrician provides an evaluation & management service for an established patient that calls for an expanded problem-focused history and exam. However the evalua... read more
By: Erin Articles | 2011-04-06 | Health & Fitness Until now, when your general surgeon placed interstitial devices for radiation therapy guidance during a distinct open or laparoscopic abdominal procedure, you did not have a way to report the additio... read more
By: Prerna Gupta | 2011-09-28 | Business The American Medical Association (AMA) has released an update of CPT Category II code list, which will first appear in CPT 2012, with an implementation date of 1st Jan, 2011. The CPT Category II codes are supplemental tracking codes that can be used for performance measurement. read more
By: James Smith | 2010-09-09 | Health & Fitness CPT guidelines establish a basic form of language in which services and procedures are encoded by medical professionals. read more
By: jamesarticle | 2012-01-11 | Health & Fitness You may be cheering the addition of a novel preventive services modifier in CPT manual 2012, nonetheless once you read the fine print, the "new" modifier might reflect "old" news. read more