Recorded December 12, 2019 Learn what’s new in the CPT® code book for 2020. This high-level overview will provide a summary of the changes in … [Read more...]
2019 CPT® changes
Recorded December 13, 2018 It's our annual overview of new CPT® codes. Get up to speed on the new codes and 2019 CPT® coding changes. This is a … [Read more...]
What’s New in the Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Rule
Summary of the 2021 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Rule The rule was released August 3rd, and confirms CMS’s support of the AMA revised … [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...]
A Bundle of (un) Joy | New CPT® bundled codes
A new baby in the family is considered a bundle of joy by friends and family members alike. New “bundled” CPT® codes arriving January 1st each year … [Read more...]
2018 Radiology CPT® code changes
Radiology coders don’t have too much to worry about in 2018 when thinking about CPT® coding changes. The codes for a chest x-ray and for an x-ray … [Read more...]
Wound Care CPT® Codes 11042 and 29580
Wound care CPT® Codes 11042 and 29580 Question: Our wound care physician billed for debriding a wound on the right foot and applied an Unna boot … [Read more...]
General Behavioral Health Integration Care Management
99484 Care management services for behavioral health conditions, at least 20 minutes of clinical staff time, directed by a physician or other … [Read more...]
Psychotherapy coding changes 2017
Words removed from one set of codes, time added to another code. There are two changes in the psychiatry section of CPT® for 2017 behavioral health … [Read more...]
Screening for Other Sexually Transmitted Illnesses (STI)
This article covers CPT® and diagnosis codes used for screening for other sexually transmitted illnesses. Includes descriptions and screening … [Read more...]