Billing Medicare and other payers for endoscopy services is pretty different from billing for other types of procedures. And if you’re like most coders/billers, you’re probably making some common mistakes that can cost you lost time and valuable reimbursement dollars. When billing for endoscopy services, More.. The post Don’t Make These Mistakes When Billing for Endoscopy Services appeared first on ..read more

Coding for physician inpatient services, especially critical care, is deceptively straightforward. The reality is that the details of each code requirement can complicate things to the point of complete confusion. Despite the challenges, there are specific strategies you can use to correctly identify when critical More.. The post Keeping Track of Time: The Best Way to Code for Critical Care appeared first on ..read more

Pain management coders: There are scores of new and modified codes to be aware of in 2018, warns Amy Turner, a coding pro. So let’s dig in! Turner recently covered coding changes for the field in her conference for AudioEducator, “2018 CPT and ICD-10 Updates More.. The post Pain Management Coders: Are You Ready for 2018? appeared first on ..read more

2018 brings plenty of coding updates for pulmonary medicine, says Jill Young, an expert coder and CEO of Young Medical Consulting. Young covers what is new and modified for the field in her conference for AudioEducator, “2018 Updates for Pulmonary Medicine.” New Codes for Trachea More.. The post Pulmonary Medicine Coders: Do You Know What’s New for 2018? appeared first on ..read more

There are tons of new codes for 2018—but just a relative few impact those in pediatrics, said Donelle Holle, a coding expert who recently held a conference for AudioEducator, “2018 Coding Updates: Virtual Bootcamp.” Still, it’s important to brush up on the changes. Knowing the More.. The post Pediatric Coding Changes for 2018 Touch on Cardiology and Vaccines appeared first on ..read more

Each day, urologists perform increasingly complicated operations involving multiple surgical procedures and different CPT® codes. Such complex procedures can trip up even the most seasoned coder, especially when several of the procedures performed are surgically unrelated and can’t be bundled. As part of the Virtual More.. The post Untangling the Rules for 2018: Coding Multiple CPT Procedures in Urology appeared first on ..read more

In recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has increased the level of detail required for proper hospice coding—not only for reporting the direct reason a patient was put into hospice care, but also for any comorbidities not directly related to the More.. The post Breaking Down the Complex Requirements for ICD-10-CM Hospice Coding appeared first on ..read more

Durable medical equipment (DME) billing continues to be scrutinized by Medicare and other commercial carriers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) offers extensive and detailed documentation guidelines for DME in general, as well as other guidelines for documentation that can be found in More.. The post Put Your Best Foot Forward To Avoid DME Denials appeared first on ..read more

With the 2018 ICD-10-CM and CPT® changes now released and in effect, cardiology is one of the specialties most impacted, with over 100 new, revised and deleted codes. There are also a few surprises that weren’t in the 2018 proposal, and that you may not More.. The post Getting to the Heart of Catheterization Coding with CPT 2018 appeared first on ..read more

2018 promises to be a year of important changes for pathology, with the introduction of approximately 40 new CPT® codes for labs this year. Multianalyte Assays with Algorithmic Analysis (MAAA) and Genomic Sequencing Procedures (GSP) are both seeing modified codes, while several codes have also More.. The post Pathology Updates in CPT 2018 Highlight Reimbursement Changes for Lab Tests appeared first on ..read more