2021 CPT Coding Changes Recorded on November 19, 2020 @ 12:00 pm (EST) Registration is now closed. If you missed the registration deadline, an … [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...]
Using Time to Select a Code
Some Evaluation and Management codes, and some other codes are defined by the amount of time of the service. When a CPT® code is defined by time, the … [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 Documentation Guidelines | Time
Question: Is it okay to use the time description in the order as the documentation of the psychotherapy time? The therapist selects 90832, … [Read more...]
Pessary Cleaning and Re-insertion
Question: Can we bill code 57160 when a patient comes in for a pessary cleaning? Answer: No, report an E/M service based on the key … [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...]
Boost Collections by Accurate Coding
Need to increase your revenue? Which would you choose? A) Add more office hours B) Double book during existing hours C) Collect better for the … [Read more...]
Consultations: Why Can’t I Get Paid for This?
A surgeon is called to the emergency to see a patient with abdominal pain and bills a consult for the service. This brief video uses an example of … [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...]