15% More Pay Awaits Coders Who Can Max Out NPP Benefit

Correctly code NPP’s hospital services, or you’ll sell the practice short.
If you don’t take advantage of all the E/M services a nonphysician practitioner (NPP) can provide, you are missing out on a serious revenue stream, as these providers can simultaneously lighten physicians’ loads and fatten the practice’s bottom line.
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Spinal Surgery Coding Challenge: Tethered Cord Release & Dural Tag Removal

Question: My neurosurgeon released a tethered cord under the microscope, then excised a dural tag and sent it to pathology. Can we be reimbursed for both services, or are they inclusive?
Answer: The procedure removes adhesions (tags) from the dura to correct any neurological deficits. Physicians often remove a specimen to send for lab review, but […]

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Laceration Repair Documentation Checklist

Sew Up Laceration Repair Coding With These 8 Elements
Unless you want to grapple with denials, the procedure notes that support your physicians’ laceration repair claims should contain these 8 elements. How do the physicians in your practice measure up?
• location
• length
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• layers
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