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Preventive medicine and Medicare wellness visits with an E/M | Webinar

Preventive medicine and Medicare wellness visits with a problem oriented visit Recorded on May 21, 2020 While CPT® allows medical practices to … [Read more...]

Screening for depression | HCPCS code G0444

Annual depression screening code G0444 Medicare pays primary care practices to screen all Medicare patients annually for depression. The service … [Read more...]

Preventive Medicine Services – Medicare

Medicare has very specific requirements for preventive services. What can you bill, what must you document? This article covers all the bases … [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...]

Are you missing the initial annual wellness visit? | G0438

After I gave a presentation at a family medicine conference a physician said to me, “What you just told me will pay for the entire cost of my coming … [Read more...]

Age and wellness visits | Eligibility for Welcome to Medicare

Question: Does the patient need to be 65 years old in order to bill the Welcome to Medicare Visit? Answer: This is almost a trick question. … [Read more...]

Wellness visits and prolonged care | How to use G0513 & G0514

Medicare stunned us by creating two prolonged services HCPCS codes for use with Medicare covered preventive medicine services in 2018. They may be … [Read more...]

Billing for pap smear

Clinicians often ask what codes to use when billing for a pap smear provided during a preventive medicine service or other problem-oriented E/M … [Read more...]

Can you screen for an existing condition? | Diagnosis Coding for Lab Services

Sometimes, the hardest thing about coding for preventive services isn’t the visit at all. It’s the labs. Patients come in for an annual physical … [Read more...]

Reporting a problem-oriented visit on the same day as Welcome to Medicare (G0402) or Initial and Subsequent Wellness Visit (G0438, G0439)

When can you report a problem oriented visit with the Welcome to Medicare (G0402), or Initial or Subsequent (G0438, G0439) Medicare Wellness … [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...]

Can I get paid for…a problem oriented visit and wellness visit on the same day

Patients who come into the office for a physical or wellness visit often have a problem they want to discuss, or chronic conditions that need to be … [Read more...]

Performing services that increase primary care revenue

CMS states it wants to increase pay to primary care physicians. And while we might quarrel with their strategies or with the speed of achieving the … [Read more...]

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Office Visit Fees in 2021

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CMS’s 2021 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule | Webinar

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Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Calendar Year 2021

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Our mission is to provide accurate, comprehensive, up-to-date coding information, allowing medical practices to increase revenue, decrease coding denials and reduce compliance risk. That's what coding knowledge can do.

In 1988, CodingIntel.com founder Betsy Nicoletti started a Medical Services Organization for a rural hospital, supporting physician practice. She has been a self-employed consultant since 1998. She estimates that in the last 20 years her audience members number over 28,400 at in person events and webinars. She has had 2,500 meetings with clinical providers and reviewed over 43,000 medical notes. She knows what questions need answers and developed this resource to answer those questions. For more about Betsy visit www.betsynicoletti.com.

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