Select the correct category of code: should it be a new patient, an established patient or a consult? This video includes CPT® and Medicare … [Read more...]
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Billing for Services Provided by Medical Students
Updated September 18, 2018 Coding. Why does it keep changing? This video has been removed because the rules related to these services have … [Read more...]
Can I Code at a Higher Level If Everyone in the Exam Room is Crying?
This short video addresses your questions about coding a higher level of service due to patient behavior. Includes CPT® guidelines, tips on selecting … [Read more...]
Surgical Modifiers
This article includes: Surgical modifiers with definitions Guidelines for billing multiple surgical procedures Modifiers in the post-op … [Read more...]
Critical Care for General Surgery and Trauma Surgeons
Critical care provided as a stand alone service is based on the seriousness of the patient, the types of interventions, and time. Critical care … [Read more...]
Can I Get Paid for…an Office Visit the Same Day as a Minor Procedure
Can you bill an E/M service on the same day as a minor procedure? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. The decision to perform a minor procedure is included … [Read more...]
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Can’t I Bill TCM for all Discharged Patients? Rules and Comments
An Overview of Transitional Care Management for Discharge “I can bill all discharges with Transitional Care Management codes. They’re all moderate … [Read more...]
Non Face-to-Face Prolonged Service – 99358
This post includes: CPT® rules for prolonged care non face-to-face Using-99358-for-phone-calls Codes 99358 and 99359 are used for … [Read more...]
Performing Services that Increase Primary Care Revenue
CMS states it wants to increase pay to primary care physicians. And while we might quarrel with their strategies or with the speed of achieving the … [Read more...]
Overview of Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning CPT® Codes Overview Medical practices perform countless tasks every day for which there is no payment. CMS continually states … [Read more...]
Pecked By a Parrot. Oh No, Not Again!
When we first implemented ICD-10, we all had a lot of fun with the ICD-10-CM external cause codes. But, do we need to use them? The answer to that … [Read more...]
Prescription Drug Management and Medical Decision Making (MDM)
Whether selecting a level of service for an E/M encounter, the question arises about what counts as prescription drug management. In both sets of … [Read more...]
Cloning: I Read the News Today, Oh Boy.
Certain medical stories are irresistible to the popular press: ICD-10 external cause codes that are ridiculous (W61.43XD, pecked by a turkey, … [Read more...]
There’s No Place Like Home, but Everyone Likes to Get Out Once in a While | Eligibility for Home Health Services
In order to be eligible for Medicare covered home health services a patient must be considered home bound. But what does that mean? That the patient … [Read more...]
Coding for Screening Colonoscopy
An Overview of Colonoscopy Coding Guidelines A screening colonoscopy should have no patient due amount for an insured patient. Both deductible … [Read more...]
No Chart Left Behind: Deadline to Complete Medical Records
Years ago, I worked with a physician who was chronically behind in dictating his notes. The charts were crammed into boxes by date, lining the walls … [Read more...]
The Physician Who Never Sleeps: Using the Correct NPI
Years ago, I worked with an Orthopedist who needed hours less sleep than I or the average person needed. While it would be incorrect to say he never … [Read more...]
Your HPI: It Should Be Longer than a Tweet
The history of the present illness should be longer than a tweet and twice as informative. Any twitter users out there? If so, you know that 140 … [Read more...]
Avoiding Unforced Errors While Using Your EMR
“I have a normal exam template that I always use.” All right, I know baseball season is over, and it is hunting season in Vermont, so maybe I … [Read more...]
Less is More: Don’t Let Your EMR Run Away from You
“My medical assistant populates the past medical, family and social history in every note.” Reading hundreds of medical records each month, I’ve … [Read more...]
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