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June 5, 2025

Specialty resources

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Coding for every specialty is different. For some specialties, you’ll find the in-depth knowledge and specific coding information you need to accurately and compliantly submit claims. Whether you prefer reading articles, downloading reference sheets and coding guides or watching a webinar, CodingIntel has what you need.

Primary Care Expand

E/M Services

  • E/M frequency data for family medicine and internal medicine
  • Category of code
  • Pre-operative clearance in primary care

Modifiers

  • Modifier 24
  • Modifier 25
  • Using modifier 33 | Reference Sheet
  • Modifier 51 or 59? How to know which to bill
  • Modifier 95 for telemedicine

Procedures

  • Can I get paid for…my nurse doing ear lavage | Video
  • Commonly Performed Procedures in Primary Care
  • Fine needle aspiration
  • Skin biopsies
  • Selecting CPT® codes for excision of skin lesions
  • Excision of Benign or Malignant Lesions
  • Destruction of benign or pre-malignant lesions
  • Destruction of malignant lesions
  • Lesion destruction tip sheet
  • Pessary billing and coding
  • Can we bill for IUD removal and insertion on the same day?
  • CPT Coding for Obstetrical and Gynecological Procedures | Webinar

Preventive services

  • Preventive medicine services, Medicare
  • Billing Preventive Medicine Services and Problem Visit | Quick reference sheet
  • Billing for pap smear
  • Reporting a problem-oriented visit on the same day as a wellness visit
  • Prolonged services codes for Medicare preventive medicine services: G0513, G0514
  • G0101 pelvic and breast exam
  • Screening for STI
  • Screening and BCI in primary care, G0442
  • Intensive behavioral counseling for cardiovascular disease, G0446
  • Behavioral counseling for obesity, G0447
  • Age and wellness visits | Eligibility for Welcome to Medicare

Diagnosis Coding

  • Screening for an existing condition
  • Diabetes coding in hierarchical condition coding (HCC)
  • Depression coding in hierarchical condition coding (HCC)
  • Diagnosis coding for biopsy sent for pathology
  • Coding for hypertension in the HCC system | Reference Sheet

Other E/M services

  • Performing services that increase primary care revenue
  • Billing medical practice services for hospice patients
  • Billing physician services for hospice patients | Reference Sheet
  • Nursing Facility Visits
  • Shared or Split Services
  • Incident To Services, Medicare
  • 99483, cognitive assessment and care plan services
  • Checklist for 99483, cognitive assessment for dementia
  • Anticoagulation Management
  • Home and Nursing Facility Category of Code Rules | Webinar

Essential Resources

  • Everyday Coding
  • Care Management Guide
  • Advanced Primary Care Management Guide
  • Risk Adjusted Diagnosis Coding Guide
  • Screening Codes Guide
  • Preventive Medicine Services Guide
  • FQHC and RHC Guide
  • Minor Surgery Guide
  • Advanced Primary Care Management Codes | Webinar
Dermatology Expand

E/M Services

  • See E/M Services Page
  • E/M Frequency Data for Dermatology

Procedures

  • Skin Biopsies
  • Shaving of Epidermal or Dermal Lesions
  • Selecting CPT Rules for Excision of Skin Lesions
  • Excision of Benign or Malignant Lesions
  • Repair (closure) CPT 12001-13160
  • Destruction of Lesions, Benign and Pre-malignant
  • Destruction of Lesions, Malignant
  • Mohs Surgery
  • Other Dermatologic Procedures

Modifiers

  • Modifier 25
  • Modifier 51/59
  • Multiple Procedure Examples with Modifiers

Diagnosis coding

  • Skin Screening
  • Diagnosis Coding for Dermatology

Prevention and screening

  • Skin Cancer Screeninng

Essential resources

  • Everyday Dermatology Coding
  • Destruction of Lesion Reference Sheet
  • Coding Skin Procedures in Dermatology, Family Practice and Urgent Care| Webinar
Behavioral Health Expand

CPT codes for behavioral health

  • Behavioral Health Coding Compliance
  • Coding for Behavioral Health Services by Psychologists, Social Workers and Therapists
  • Medicare Coverage for Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation
  • Psychotherapy codes
  • Psychotherapy for Patients in Crisis
  • Interactive Complexity | CPT 90785
  • Behavioral Health Screening and Testing

Medication management

  • Office Visit Code Selection for Medication Management
  • Medication Management and Psychotherapy | Reference Sheet
  • E/M Frequency Data for Behavioral Health Services

Diagnosis coding

  • Overview of Diagnosis Coding for Behavioral Health Services

Essential resources

  • Coding Guide | Behavioral Health Services
  • Behavioral Health and Telemedicine
  • Assuring Compliance for Behavioral Health Services | Webinar
General Surgery Expand

Basics of E/M

  • E/M frequency data for surgical specialties
  • Billing Admission and Subsequent Visits for Patient Having Surgery
  • Critical Care for General Surgery and Trauma Surgeons
  • Can I get paid for evaluation prior to surgery?

Modifiers

  • Surgical modifiers
  • Modifier 25
  • Using modifier 33 quick reference sheet
  • Modifier 57
  • Modifier 51 or 59? How to know which to bill
  • Billing for multiple surgical procedures
  • Coding multiple procedures | Examples with modifiers

Procedures

  • Fine needle aspiration
  • Wound Care | CPT® Codes for Debridement
  • Skin biopsies
  • Selecting CPT® codes for excision of skin lesions
  • Excision of soft tissue, lipoma removal
  • Repair (closure) CPT® 12000-13160
  • Destruction of benign or pre-malignant lesions
  • Destruction of malignant lesions
  • Lesion Destruction Tip Sheet
  • Coding for breast procedures
  • Procedure coding for colonoscopies
  • Surgical coding for hernia repair
  • CPT Coding for Bronchoscopy Procedures

Preventive screening

  • Coding for screening colonoscopy

Diagnosis coding

  • Diagnosis coding for biopsy sent for pathology
  • ICD-10 coding for suspected cancer
  • Aftercare and follow-up: ICD-10 coding

Essential resources

  • Global Surgery Coding Guide
  • Minor Surgical Procedures Coding Guide
FQHCs Expand

Essential Resources

  • Coding Guide - Coding for FQHC
  • Overview of FQHC and RHC coding and 2025 Updates | Webinar

Articles

  • RHC and FQHC Update
  • Why not bill all 99213 visits in an FQHC?
  • Wellness visits and care management in Rural Health Centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers (RHCs and FQHCs)

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