Author "Bruce Pegg"

By Bruce Pegg
In Coding
Jun 16th, 2025
The fiscal year (FY) 2026 ICD-10-CM update adds 487 new diagnosis codes, revises 38 codes, and invalidates or deletes 28 codes. Read on to learn how this update could impact your coding beginning Oct. 1, 2025. New Codes for Symptoms and Signs of the ...
By Bruce Pegg
In Coding
Sep 22nd, 2023
Code descriptor revisions are about time. After the extensive changes CPT® made to the evaluation and management (E/M) codes and guidelines over the last few years, you’ll be relieved to know that the E/M changes in CPT® 2024 are minimal. But that do...
By Bruce Pegg
In Coding
Apr 1st, 2021
Know when to use remote physiologic monitoring codes and what to look out for when you do. Along with accelerating the adoption of telehealth and telemedicine, the COVID-19 pandemic has also seen increased implementation of remote physiologic monitor...
By Bruce Pegg
In Coding
Jan 1st, 2021
Comments Off on Give Your Immunization Coding Skills a Boost
The answers to three frequently asked questions may surprise you. Here are three frequently asked questions (FAQs) about vaccination coding and billing. Confirm your skills for reporting these common primary care procedures by reviewing the answers. ...
By Bruce Pegg
In Billing
Nov 23rd, 2020
Comments Off on Inhalation Drugs Make It On OIG’s Hit List
Does your provider’s nebulizer and inhalation drug documentation pass this OIG audit test? “Since 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program has identified nebulizers and relat...