Below CPT 72275 for Medicare is found in addendum BB for ASCs. Addendum BB are services that are considered packaged and no separate payment is made.
CPT 72275 has a status indicator on the facility ... [ Read More ]
Would it be appropriate to code this as 93451-26, 36556 and not sure if I can bill for the temporary dialysis catheter, not sure of the code?
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I work for an Allergy and Immunology office in Tulsa, OK. We recently began doing the exhaled nitrous oxide in our office. We have gotten denials from a couple of our largest payors, United Health C... [ Read More ]
Nothing stays the same including the way the feds interpret the law. The False Claims Act FCA has become the governments fraud enforcement vehicle of choice and the changes to the FCA under the Fraud ... [ Read More ]
What coder doesn8217t love weird diagnosiscodes If you loved researching strangediagnosiscodes using ICD9 I bet you were excited when ICD10 came out and you had an overload of new codes to explore. It... [ Read More ]
Physicians Practiceresults are in for the 2014 Fee Schedule Surveyshowinghow much physicians are paid for common services. From around the country 1613 physician practices participated. Respondents su... [ Read More ]
As they doevery year about this time the Centers for Medicare 38 Medicaid Services CMS issued July 3 hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System OPPS and Ambulatory Surgical Center ASC payment syst... [ Read More ]