I saw on twitter recently that COPD was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. If it was on twitter, it must be true, right? This article … [Read more...]
Don’t forget Care Plan Oversight
There are two sets of codes for care plan oversight, CPT® (99374–99380) and HCPCS codes (G0181, G0182) The requirements for each are different, … [Read more...]
Care Plan Oversight | Coding reference sheet
This reference chart for Care plan oversight (CPO) includes CPT® and HCPCS codes, with wRVUs, time and patient status. RVUs are updated for … [Read more...]
Billing Physician Services for Hospice Patients | Reference Sheet
Medical practices find the hospice modifiers confusing, and confusion leads to denials and payment delays. Use the decision trees below to help you … [Read more...]
Are Changes Coming to the E/M Documentation Guidelines?
Do you remember that CMS is talking about changing the documentation requirements for E/M services? If it slipped your mind in the course of your … [Read more...]
Teaching Physician Rules | Bedside Procedures
Question: Can an attending bill for a bedside procedure that a resident did without the attending being present? If so, is this billed at 85% like … [Read more...]
Billing Medical Practice Services for Patients on Hospice
Overview of hospice care Medicare beneficiaries who have a terminal illness with a life expectancy of six months or less can elect to have their … [Read more...]
Wellness Visits and Prolonged Care | How to Use G0513 & G0514
Medicare stunned us by creating two prolonged services HCPCS codes for use with Medicare covered preventive medicine services in 2018. They may be … [Read more...]
Medical Necessity Isn’t Medical Decision Making
Have you heard of Talk Ten Tuesdays? It’s an internet radio program hosted by Chuck Buck and Dr. Erica Remer, and every week they discuss current … [Read more...]
Can Two Practices Split the Post-Op Office Care of a Patient?
Question: Can two practices split the post-op office care of a patient? Answer: No. Although the operative and post-operative portions of the … [Read more...]
Billing for Pap Smear
Billing for pap smears in a physician practice can be confusing for clinicians. Pap smears can be screening services or diagnostic services … [Read more...]
Prolonged Services Codes for Medicare Preventive Medicine Services: G0513, G0514
There are HCPCS prolonged services codes to be used with Medicare preventive services reported based on time. CMS allows these prolonged care codes … [Read more...]
OB Coder Survey | Billing Extra Visits During Pregnancy
Thank you to the 63 generous coders and billers who answered my questions about billing extra OB visits during the maternity period. If we and our … [Read more...]
Dear Resident, Do you Understand Relative Value Units (RVUs)?
Measuring physician productivity with work RVUs: News flash! Physicians are more interested in medicine than coding. No doctor undertook the … [Read more...]
Scoring MDM in an E/M Note
ARCHIVE The 1995/1997 Documentation Guidelines are gone beginning 1-1-2023. (Ding dong....) However, we will still need to use them when auditing … [Read more...]
What Does the Decision to Perform a Minor Procedure Really Mean?
This article is updated with CPT's March 2023 document, "Reporting CPT Modifier 25." (citation at the end of the article) The CPT article adds … [Read more...]
Coding Changes for 2018 | Webinar
Recorded February 15, 2018 This content has been removed as it is no longer current. Listen in on this high level overview of new CPT® and … [Read more...]
CPT® Coding Changes
2023 For a summary of this year's CPT® coding changes download the handout and watch the webinar here. We provide a review of CPT® and CMS changes … [Read more...]
New CPT® Codes for 2018 | Anticoagulation Management and Education for Home INR Monitoring
CPT developed (and Medicare recognizes) two new codes for services related to home and outpatient international normalized ratio (INR) monitoring … [Read more...]
Can you Screen for an Existing Condition? | Diagnosis Coding for Lab Services
Sometimes, the hardest thing about coding for preventive services isn't the visit at all. It's the labs. Patients come in for an annual physical and … [Read more...]
Risk Coding for Medical Practices and Outpatient Services
Introduction to Risk Coding for Medical Practices and Outpatient Services Where do we find the rules for assigning diagnosis codes in medical … [Read more...]
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