Hello friends, coworkers and industry professionals. Here is a listing of future career development and ceu events at [URL="http://www.txcareercenter.com"]Texas Career Center[/URL] this list of events... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="HEMINGWAYT, post: 282770, member: 1595"]Hi,
Can I get some help with this situation:
Existing dual chamber ICD is explanted, the atrial lead is capped due to dysfunction. A new atrial lead i... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="HEMINGWAYT, post: 270474, member: 1595"]This issue was also addressed by Dr.Z of Zhealth Publishing back on 1/31/13. Here is the quote from the newsletter:
"Since publication of our last new... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="HEMINGWAYT, post: 266850, member: 1595"]If he didn't cross the aortic valve then he didn't do a LHC. Just based on the documentation you listed, I don't see any justification for the RHC eith... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="HEMINGWAYT, post: 260990, member: 1595"]Hi,
I am looking for confirmation that if an FFR was done on the Proximal LAD and also on the 1st Diagonal, we would only bill for a 93571 as it is the... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="HEMINGWAYT, post: 260328, member: 1595"]Since the addition of the 36251,36252 is there an instance when you would use the 36245? I think I am overthinking this and getting myself confused.
M... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="HEMINGWAYT, post: 260113, member: 1595"]How about a 33215 for Repositioning of previously implanted transvenous pacemaker or pacing cardioverter-defibrillator electrode (right atrial or right ... [ Read More ]
When a surgery calls for more than one surgeon append the right modifier to capture everyones payment. Complex surgeries may require the efforts of more than a single surgeon. When this occurs documen... [ Read More ]
The longawaited 2019 Outpatient Prospective Payment System OPPS and Ambulatory Surgical Center ASC proposed rule released July 25 sets the wheels in motion for significant reformsin the way Medicare w... [ Read More ]
Look to brand names and parenthetical instructions when coding these procedures. When coding for multianalyte assays with algorithmic analyses MAAA it may help to know the brand name of the tests perf... [ Read More ]
By G.J. Verhovshek MA CPC Differentiate excision from debridement for proper CPT assignment. Bedsoresproperly called pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcerstypically result when a patient lies immobile fo... [ Read More ]