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Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse | HCPCS Code G0442
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for alcohol misuse and behavioral interventions for individuals whose screening … [Read more...]
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Welcome Whether you're here for the first time or the 50th, we're glad to see you. Current membership: My Account Quick … [Read more...]
Why Not Bill All 99213 Visits in an FQHC?
Why not bill all 99213 visits in an FQHC? (Hint: it's a good way of telling everyone that they were pretty easy visits.) Practitioners who work in … [Read more...]
Specialty resources
Coding for every specialty is different. For some specialties, you'll find the in-depth knowledge and specific coding information you need to … [Read more...]
How Physician Services are Paid
Use the resources here to quickly educate new practitioners and staff about coding and reimbursement. You'll find explanations about code sets and … [Read more...]
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Table of Contents E/M services Articles in this section are up-to-date with CPT rules for 2023, including category of code and … [Read more...]
HCC’s in Brief | The Difference Between CMS-HCC and HHS-HCC
Demographics and diagnoses Risk adjusted diagnosis coding is a model used to predict future health care costs based on demographics and diagnoses. It … [Read more...]
Fee-for-Service Medicine | The Rumors of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated!
Let me start with apologies for stealing Mark Twain’s words!  And, a quick search will show I'm not the only one to apply these words to … [Read more...]
Screening for Depression | HCPCS Code G0444
G0444 Annual depression screening , 5—15 minutes Medicare pays primary care practices to screen all Medicare patients annually for depression. The … [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...]
OB Coder Survey | Billing Extra Visits During Pregnancy
Thank you to the 63 generous coders and billers who answered my questions about billing extra OB visits during the maternity period. If we and our … [Read more...]
Dear Resident, Do you Understand Relative Value Units (RVUs)?
Measuring physician productivity with work RVUs: News flash! Physicians are more interested in medicine than coding. No doctor undertook the … [Read more...]
What’s the Difference Between B20 and Z21? Which is Right for Positive HIV Status?
In this post ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding for positive HIV status Update to HIV coding in 2022 Medical practice reimbursement for individual … [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...]
How to Get Paid for Services in Medical Practices: Three Quick Videos for New Clinicians and Staff
An Overview of CPT® Codes, HCPCS, Diagnosis Codes & ICD-10-CM This three-part series from CodingIntel is a must see for new staff and … [Read more...]
Reporting Screening Colonoscopy
What is the difference between a screening and diagnostic colonoscopy, and how are they coded? What if a screening colonoscopy was scheduled, but a … [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...]
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...]
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