Medicare and most private insurers pay for physicians, NPs and PAs to counsel patients regarding smoking cessation. Medicare waives the … [Read more...]
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Behavioral Counseling for Obesity, HCPCS Code G0447
G0447 face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes G0473 Face-to-face hehavioral counseling for obesity, group (2-10) 30 … [Read more...]
Coding Courses
Reimbursement for Shingrix, the New Zoster Vaccine | 90750
At the end of 2017, there was news that a new vaccine for shingles, Shingrix, was significantly more effective than the older vaccine, Zostavax. The … [Read more...]
Wellness Visits and Prolonged Care | How to Use G0513 & G0514
Medicare stunned us by creating two prolonged services HCPCS codes for use with Medicare covered preventive medicine services in 2018. They may be … [Read more...]
Billing for Pap Smear
Billing for pap smears in a physician practice can be confusing for clinicians. Pap smears can be screening services or diagnostic services … [Read more...]
Lesson 3: Split Visits
This session will address when a practice should bill for a problem oriented visit on the day of a preventive service or wellness visit, and how … [Read more...]
Lesson 2: Welcome to Medicare
Traditional Medicare considers the CPT® preventive codes routine, but does pay for wellness visits and other preventive services. This session … [Read more...]
Can you Screen for an Existing Condition? | Diagnosis Coding for Lab Services
Sometimes, the hardest thing about coding for preventive services isn't the visit at all. It's the labs. Patients come in for an annual physical and … [Read more...]
Can We Bill for IUD Removal and Insertion on the Same Day?
Question: Can I bill 58301 for IUD removal and bill 58300 for IUD insertion on the same day, if the provider removes and then inserts another IUD? … [Read more...]
Everything You Want (And Need) to Know About E/M Services
Evaluation and Management (E/M) services account for 30% of the revenue paid by Medicare for all physician services. For many specialties, E/M codes … [Read more...]
Screening Pelvic/Breast Exam and Pap Smear Denials | G0101 and Q0091
HCPCS codes and Q0091 We received this question from one of our members: "We have a Medicare patient for whom we provided a pelvic and a breast … [Read more...]
Reporting a Problem-Oriented Visit on the Same Day as Welcome to Medicare (G0402) or Initial and Subsequent Wellness Visit (G0438, G0439)
I continue to hear that some consultants and coders don't agree with reporting a problem oriented visit with welcome to Medicare or wellness visit … [Read more...]
G0101 Pelvic and Breast Exam
Medicare developed two HCPCS codes for screening services for women, without certain frequency time limits G0101(screening breast and pelvic exam) … [Read more...]
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2024 April - Who is using G2211? March - Updated wellness visit guidelines February - MACs not processing new HCPCS codes January - New CPT code … [Read more...]
Why You Shouldn’t Automatically Bill an E/M with Every Procedure
Should you bill just a procedure? Or an E/M service with it? Medicare provides a breakdown by CPT® code of the pre-evaluation, pre-operative, … [Read more...]
Examination Codes in ICD-10
In ICD-10-CM, diagnosis coding for preventive medicine services are divided as with or without abnormal findings. Learn about 'Z' codes in this 5 … [Read more...]
Can I Get Paid for…Travel Counseling
So your patient is going to the Galapagos, and wants your advice. Can you get paid for travel counseling? This short video has the answer. Download … [Read more...]
Can I Get Paid for…a Problem Oriented Visit and Wellness Visit on the Same Day
Patients who come into the office for a physical or wellness visit often have a problem they want to discuss, or chronic conditions that need to be … [Read more...]
Screening for Other Sexually Transmitted Illnesses (STI)
This article covers CPT® and diagnosis codes used for screening for other sexually transmitted illnesses. It includes descriptions and screening … [Read more...]
Frequently Asked Questions
About CodingIntel Memberships Account Support Payments & … [Read more...]