EM Coding Alert
Emergency vs. Critical
EM Coding Alert
- Inpatient Coding:
Be Aware of the New Inpatient Definition or Face Denials
Expect exceptions when using the “two-midnight” rule. In the updated 2014 Inpatient Prospective Payment System [...] - Preventive Services:
Nab Separate Pay for Preventive and Problem-Oriented Visits with These Tips
Beware: Coding preventive medicine encounters as problem visits is a problem. When a preventive care [...] - Quick Quiz:
Test Yourself to Avoid These Critical E/M Errors
Use this quiz to identify where you need to focus your learning. One of the [...] - Outpatient E/M:
Embrace 99211 Regulations to Avoid Losing $20 per Encounter
Turn thorough documentation into successful claims. Evaluations of established patients given by nurses, physician assistants, [...] - Reader Question:
Giving a Helping Hand Is a Shared Service
Question: My physician and a physician’s assistant visited the same patient in the hospital on the [...] - Reader Question:
Master Coding Within Global Period
Question: One of the surgeons in my practice had a patient make an appointment to come [...] - Reader Question:
Focus on Level of Physician Involvement For Incident To
Question: My physician has a patient that requires anti-coagulation monitoring in the office. Can we provide [...] - Reader Question:
Separating E/M From NCS Requires HEM
Question: Is it appropriate to bill an E/M in addition to a nerve conduction study (NCS, [...] - You Be the Coder:
Emergency vs. Critical
Question: One of the physicians in my office went to the emergency department to meet one [...]
