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These coding guides are your path to accurate coding!

 

 

Coding Guide – Federally Qualified Health Centers

If you are looking for a guide to coding for FQHC visits, here it is. Clinicians in FQHCs use CPT and ICD-10 codes to select their services, but these … [Read more...]

Coding Guide – Teaching Physician Rules

The teaching physician rules are Medicare rules that allow for payment for services that are performed jointly between a resident and a licensed … [Read more...]

Coding Guide – How Physician Services are Paid

Table of Contents CPT® HCPCS Modifiers NCCI Multiple procedures Fee calculation Global surgical payment Diagnosis … [Read more...]

Coding Guide – Critical Care Services

Critical care is a complex service provided to a patient who has vital organ system failure or to prevent further life threatening deterioration of … [Read more...]

Coding Guide – E/M Changes for 2021

Do you want to be ready for the E/M changes in 2021? Download this guide for an explanation of CPT® changes for codes 9920–99215. Learn about the new … [Read more...]

Everyday Dermatology Coding

Everyday Dermatology Coding is a 52 page guide to coding dermatology services. Members can download the guide using the link below. This … [Read more...]

Screening codes guide – G0442, G0443, G0444, G0446, G0447

Medicare pays for some screening services for its beneficiaries, using HCPCS codes. These screening codes are time-based HCPCS codes with relatively … [Read more...]

Coding Guide – Behavioral Health Services

The coding for psychiatric and psychotherapy services changed in 2013 and although that was years ago many psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse … [Read more...]

Coding Guide – Medicare Incident-to and Shared Services

This in depth guide reviews the requirements for billing Medicare Incident-to and shared services including: When/where these services can be … [Read more...]

Coding Guide – Preventive Medicine Services

This is the resource guide from CodingIntel's one hour course on preventive medicine. Coding for preventive medicine services should be easy, but … [Read more...]

Coding Guide – Minor Surgical Procedures

This guide includes definitions of minor procedures used frequently in primary care and urgent care. And, even more important, instructions for … [Read more...]

Coding Guide – Risk Adjusted Diagnosis Coding for Medical Practices

Risk Adjusted Diagnosis Coding Payment systems and reimbursements are ever-changing in healthcare and the rules of yesterday may or may not work … [Read more...]

Coding Guide – Care Management Services

What you need to know about non face-to-face services CMS has a stated goal of recognizing management services provided outside of an office visit. … [Read more...]

Everyday Coding for Medical Practices

How can a practice protect its revenue?  The easiest way is by collecting for services already performed, and the first step in that process is … [Read more...]

Coding Guide – Global Surgery

An Overview of Global Surgery & Surgery Coding Guidelines Physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants in many specialties perform … [Read more...]

Coding Guide – Newborn and Pediatrics

Neonatologists, pediatricians and family physicians who care for newborns and sick children in the hospital need to select the category of code that … [Read more...]

CMS split/shared services

Questions about CMS split/shared services rule changes? In this quick reference sheet you'll learn what these services are, who can bill them, and where. And, information about "substantive portion" and selecting level of service for time vs. key components..

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Our mission is to provide accurate, comprehensive, up-to-date coding information, allowing medical practices to increase revenue, decrease coding denials and reduce compliance risk. That's what coding knowledge can do.

In 1988, CodingIntel.com founder Betsy Nicoletti started a Medical Services Organization for a rural hospital, supporting physician practice. She has been a self-employed consultant since 1998. She estimates that in the last 20 years her audience members number over 28,400 at in person events and webinars. She has had 2,500 meetings with clinical providers and reviewed over 43,000 medical notes. She knows what questions need answers and developed this resource to answer those questions. For more about Betsy visit www.betsynicoletti.com.

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