Don’t miss CPT 2010 ‘either/or’ instruction for hemorrhoid location.
You can’t choose a hemorrhoidectomy code if you don’t know the distinction between internal and external hemorrhoids. Let our experts guide you through the anatomy and coding maze to help you…
Use these FAQs to achieve level 5.
A patient reports to the emergency department in such severe respiratory distress that she cannot communicate during the history of present illness (HPI) portion of the E/M service. The patient also presents to…
Here’s what you need to explain in your cover letter.…
Even though Medicare no longer accepts consult codes, you can still apply modifier 57.
Question: In our ob-gyn office, we used to apply modifier 57 to inpatient consult codes. Now that Medicare doesn’t accept consult codes, how should we use…
Uncircled vaccines, administrations could cost your practice 10%.
Think increasing payments in 2010 is a fairy tale? Your magic wand is right at your front desk.
“Check-out coding can have a significant financial impact,” reported Norman “Chip” Harbaugh, MD, in…
Have your documentation ready for reporting level P4 and higher.
Physical status modifiers, also referred to as P modifiers, PS modifiers, ASAs or ASA P codes, are an important element of your anesthesia coding. If you don’t use them correctly,…
Your solo dilation coding will get easier come 2011.
With no dedicated code for a balloon sinuplasty, you’re not alone if you’ve wondered how to code endoscopic sinus surgery involving the newer tool.
You, however, can confidently navigate to the…
Sicker patients may not always mean higher MDM.
If your physician bills a lot of high-level office visits, he may be at risk of an audit — which may not be cause for concern — if his documentation justifies his…
If your radiologist performs adjustments during the bariatric surgery’s global period, do this.
Question: Our radiologists perform percutaneous LAP-BAND adjustments. We report S2083 for the service and 77002 for the fluoroscopy. Is this the correct fluoroscopy code?
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Did you factor in a foreign body removal code?
Question: During an open hernia repair for a reducible umbilical hernia, the surgeon finds a sizeable gallstone embedded in the omentum extending into the preperitoneal fat. The surgeon excises the…