Use of Modifier 25 may be applicable when an E/M service is provided on the same day as a procedure, a preventive medicine service, or other medical … [Read more...]
Using Modifier 33 | Quick Reference
Modifier 33 is a CPT® modifier used to identify medical care whose primary purpose is delivery of an evidence based service, based on recommendations … [Read more...]
Using Modifier 59 | Quick Reference
Modifier 59 is referred to by CMS as the modifier of last resort. It is often used when modifier 51 is the more accurate modifier. This quick … [Read more...]
What is the risk of a referral?
Question: What level of risk is assigned when a practitioner refers a patient to a physician in another specialty? Does the complexity of the problem … [Read more...]
Remote Monitoring 99453, 99454 | Reference Sheet
CPT® codes 99453 99454 are used to report remote monitoring device set up, supply and recording. This resource answers the questions: Who does … [Read more...]
Remote Monitoring Management 99091, 99457 | Reference Sheet
This quick reference sheet includes descriptions and examples for CPT ® codes 99091 and 99457-99458 for reporting remote physiologic monitoring … [Read more...]
Preventive Medicine, Wellness Visits and Problem-Oriented Visits | Webinar
Preventive Medicine, Wellness Visits and Problem-Oriented Visits April 18th at 12:00PM EST Two for the price of one? Or, double-billing? There are … [Read more...]
OIG report on telehealth during the PHE
What? An OIG report without doom and gloom? Fire and brimstone? https://youtu.be/EPJHOABNNxM Slides In February, 2024 the OIG released an … [Read more...]
Home and Nursing Facility Category of Code Rules | Webinar
Home and Nursing Facility Category of Code Rules March 21, 2024 @ 12:00PM EST This webinar will explain the rules for using Evaluation and … [Read more...]
Coding multiple procedures | Examples with modifiers
Biopsies and lesion destruction codes are often performed at the same patient visit. This leads to questions about bundling and modifiers. There are … [Read more...]
Preventive Medicine Services – Medicare
Medicare has very specific requirements for preventive services. What can you bill, what must you document? This article covers all the bases … [Read more...]
E&M: Key up the Focus to Complexity and Risk
E&M: Key up the Focus to Complexity and Risk Recorded February 15, 2024 Special guest Shannon O. DeConda, CPC, CEMC, CEMA, CPMA, CRTT joins … [Read more...]
Interprofessional Internet Consultations
CMS recognizes and pays for six codes for interprofessional consults codes 99446–99449, 99451, 99452 These codes were updated in 2023. Codes 99446, … [Read more...]
CPT® codes (99421-99423) – and payment for – online digital evaluation and management (E/M) services
Or, as I call them: message, manage, message. There are CPT codes for online digital E/M services. CPT developed a set of CPT® codes for use … [Read more...]
E/M frequency data for hospitalists
Hospitalists became a recognized specialty by CMS starting in 2017, and we now have frequency E/M data for the specialty. There are probably still … [Read more...]
E/M frequency data for dermatology
For dermatologists, revenue in the office is generated by procedures and office visits. Often, both are provided on the same day. See the dermatology … [Read more...]
E/M frequency data for surgical specialties
CMS releases E/M frequency data annually. A physician self-elects their specialty designation when enrolling with Medicare. Unfortunately, there … [Read more...]
E/M frequency data for family medicine and internal medicine
CMS releases E/M frequency data annually. A physician self-elects their specialty designation when enrolling with Medicare. The panel for family … [Read more...]
E/M frequency data for psychiatrists
CMS releases E/M frequency data annually. A physician self-elects their specialty designation when enrolling with Medicare. This is the data for … [Read more...]
E/M frequency data for infectious disease, pulmonary medicine and cardiology
CMS releases E/M frequency data annually. A physician self-elects their specialty designation when enrolling with Medicare. Infectious disease, … [Read more...]
Multiple E/M Services in the Same Calendar Day
The AMA has added a new subsection in the 2024 E/M section addressing how to report E/M services when there are multiple encounters in the same day. … [Read more...]
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