Modifier 25 used to be your friend, but it may soon become your biggest foe when reporting 2019 CPT codes.
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To do spinal coding right in 2019, you’ve got to get straight on several new techniques, guidelines and procedures that
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Want to know one of the easiest ways to prevent payment denials? Here’s a trick: Understand “medical necessity” inside and
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...Continue reading‘Dear Physician’: Updates to DME Documentation Requirements Hold You Accountable
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated the durable medical equipment (DME) documentation guidelines. And the revisions
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From vaginal prolapse procedures to corrective urinary incontinence surgeries, your urology and gynecology coding may frequently overlap. And if you
...Continue readingCMS Rules 2019: How (And When) New Hospital Discharge Planning CoP Will Affect You
How closely related in your mind are the words “discharge planning” and “admission”? According to the Centers for Medicare and
...Continue reading2019 CMS MACRA Coding Changes: Heed Wording Edits & New Reporting Measures
In case your head wasn’t spinning enough from all the recent 2019 ICD-10-CM and about-to-take-effect CPT® coding udpates, there are
...Continue readingOncology CPT Codes 2019: Master New Definitions, Upended Coding Structures
The New Year is heading our way fast, and with it are coming a bundle of oncology CPT® coding updates.
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Therapy Coding Changes for 2019: Bipartisan Budget Act & MPFS Final Rule
Physical and occupational therapy are in for big changes in the next few years, as even a cursory glance at
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