Diagnosis coding for possible malignancy How would you feel if your primary care physician and your general surgeon told you-and told your insurance … [Read more...]
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Coding for Biopsy | Should We Wait for a Pathology Report?
Question: Should we always wait for the pathology report before submitting a code for a biopsy? Answer: Sometimes. Wait for the pathology … [Read more...]
Improving the Accuracy of Your Diagnosis Risk Scores | Webinar
Recorded June 6, 2018 This content is no longer current. Presented by Betsy Nicoletti with guest speaker Edwin Knights, MD Edwin Knights, … [Read more...]
Diabetes Coding in Hierarchical Condition Coding (HCC)
Diabetes is a common chronic condition, included in three distinct HCC categories Patients often have more than one chronic condition of the … [Read more...]
Depression Coding and Hierarchical Condition Coding (HCC)
Introduction | Depression coding in HCC In fee-for-service medicine: Diagnosis coding establishes the medical necessity for a service. At times, … [Read more...]
HCC Coding: Round Up of Chronic Conditions
I saw on twitter recently that COPD was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. If it was on twitter, it must be true, right? This article … [Read more...]
Lesson 1: Introduction to Preventive Medicine Coding
Reporting preventive medicine services should be straightforward. The visits are defined by age and whether the patient is new or established. But, … [Read more...]
Risk Coding for Medical Practices and Outpatient Services
Introduction to Risk Coding for Medical Practices and Outpatient Services Where do we find the rules for assigning diagnosis codes in medical … [Read more...]
Avoid These 4 Costly Errors When Coding Minor Surgical Procedures
Does your practice perform any minor or major procedures? If so, this post is for you! Primary care practices and urgent care centers should pay … [Read more...]
7 Sure Fire Ways to Owe the Government $4 million in Fines and Repayments | Coding Compliance
Most practices aren’t looking to pay the government any money in fines and repayment because of coding errors. Two recent OIG settlements described … [Read more...]
Pessary Billing and Coding
Coding for Pessary Services Primary care practices, gynecology and urology practices often prescribe and provide pessaries. A pessary is used to … [Read more...]
HCC Coding
Introduction | HCC and Risk Adjusted Diagnosis Coding Payers are moving to new payment models that take into consideration how sick your patient … [Read more...]
ICD-10-CM Coding for Depression and Anxiety
ICD-10 chapter 5 includes diagnosis codes for depression and anxiety. These codes require specificity. This video addresses how to select diagnosis … [Read more...]
Aftercare and Follow-Up: ICD-10 Coding
Aftercare visit codes are assigned in situations in which the initial treatment of a disease has been performed but the patient requires continued … [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...]
How Physician Services are Paid – Overview
Have a new staff member or practitioner who needs a primer on "how physician services are paid?" This short video is a must see! Learn how all the … [Read more...]
Telemedicine | Webinar
Telemedicine in the time of COVID-19 Recorded July 15th, 2020 The coding and reimbursement rules for telehealth changed fast in March. Congress … [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...]
ICD-10-CM Expertise: Master the Basics
Diagnosis coding is more important than as the means to “get a claim paid.” While getting aclaim paid is the primary purpose of claims submission, … [Read more...]
CMS Implemented G2211 in 2024
CMS will pay for add-on code G2211 in 2024 (effective date 1-1-2024) Table of Contents Not all visits Clinician’s relationship with the … [Read more...]
HCPCS Code G0136 for Assessment Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)
This is information from the 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, released Nov. 2, 2023. New CPT and HCPCS codes, and CMS policy changes are … [Read more...]
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