Recorded June 19, 2018 The handout for this webinar has been updated with RVUs for 2019. For more about minor procedures, watch Coding for Skin … [Read more...]
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Advance Care Planning | CPT® 99497, 99498
Advance Care Planning (ACP) 99497 Advance care planning including the explanation and discussion of advance directives such as standard forms (with … [Read more...]
Using Time to Select a Level of E/M Service
ARCHIVE The 1995/1997 Documentation Guidelines are gone beginning 1-1-2023. (Ding dong....) However we will still need to use them when auditing … [Read more...]
Time Based Rules | Behavioral Health Services
Psychiatrists, psychiatric NPs and psychiatric PAs provide medication management using E/M codes and psychotherapy services. There are specific rules … [Read more...]
Diagnosis Coding | Not Just for Claims Anymore
Physician claims are paid based on the fee schedule associated with the CPT® or HCPCS code that is submitted. Diagnosis coding can be a reason for a … [Read more...]
ICD-10 Coding for Suspected Cancer
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...]
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Recorded June 6, 2018 This content is no longer current.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...]
Wellness Visits and Care Management in Rural Health Centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers (RHCs and FQHCs)
RHCs and FQHCs are paid an all-inclusive rate (AIR) or national prospective payment system (PPS) rate for any service that is defined as a visit to … [Read more...]
Who is Responsible for Coding Physician Services? The Medical Provider or the Coder?
Legally, when a physician, physician assistant (PA) or nurse practitioner (NP) enroll in a Medicare, Medicaid or commercial insurance, the … [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...]
Lesson 2: Selecting Level of Service
After selecting the right category of code, performing and documenting the service, the second task is to bill the right category of code. This 60 … [Read more...]
E/M for Surgical Practices
Evaluation and Management services are complicated for surgical practices. There are three steps: 1) Select the right category of code 2) Document and … [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...]
Don’t forget Care Plan Oversight
There are two sets of codes for care plan oversight, CPT® (99374–99380) and HCPCS codes (G0181, G0182) The requirements for each are different, … [Read more...]
Lesson 1: History
Lesson one of E/M auditing covers medical necessity and cloning, and all things history. Hear about who can document the HPI, ROS and PFSH and what … [Read more...]
Teaching Physician Rules | Bedside Procedures
Question: Can an attending bill for a bedside procedure that a resident did without the attending being present? If so, is this billed at 85% like … [Read more...]
Medical Necessity Isn’t Medical Decision Making
Have you heard of Talk Ten Tuesdays? It’s an internet radio program hosted by Chuck Buck and Dr. Erica Remer, and every week they discuss current … [Read more...]
Prolonged Services Codes for Medicare Preventive Medicine Services: G0513, G0514
There are HCPCS prolonged services codes to be used with Medicare preventive services reported based on time. CMS allows these prolonged care codes … [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...]
Scoring MDM in an E/M Note
ARCHIVE The 1995/1997 Documentation Guidelines are gone beginning 1-1-2023. (Ding dong....) However, we will still need to use them when auditing … [Read more...]
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