Ob-Gyn Coding Alert
Let the Doctor's Approach Lead You to the Correct Breast Biopsy Code
Published on Fri Jan 02, 2004
Other Articles in this issue of
Ob-Gyn Coding Alert
- Let the Doctor's Approach Lead You to the Correct Breast Biopsy Code
- Get the Pay You Deserve for Multiple Ob Ultrasounds
If you're providing more than one ultrasound per obstetric patient - even during the same [...] - Report 99205 With Confidence by Avoiding History Pitfalls
Work with your ob-gyn to document factors that will boost your bottom line Is your [...] - You Be the Coder:
Consult and I&D
Question: My doctor went to the emergency department (ED) to consult on a patient for [...] - Find Your Place in History
Don't report another E/M service without using this chart (based on Medicare's 1997 Documentation Guidelines [...] - Correction
In the January 2004 Ob-Gyn Coding Alert article "Reduce Denials for Modifier -25 Claims With [...] - Reader Question:
Take Your Choice for Fibroid Removal Coding
Question: The ob-gyn performed a hysteroscopy, dilation and curettage (D&C), and rectoscope with partial removal [...] - Reader Question:
Use 655.8x if Physician Monitoring
Question: A patient came in to confirm her pregnancy but still has an intrauterine device [...] - Reader Question:
Use 'History of' for Previous Fetal Deformity
Question: I have an obstetric patient who has had a previous Turner's baby. What is [...] - Reader Question:
Watch for Adhesiolysis Bundles
Question: How should I bill for a laparotomy, Moschowitz procedure, lysis of adhesions and enterolysis? - Reader Question:
Be Careful of Unbundling Multiple Procedures
Question: One of our patients has cervical dysplasia (622.1). Our ob-gyn performed a colposcopy, biopsy [...] - Restructure Appeals With These 6 Steps
Get organized for easier, more productive appeals When your practice receives a denial on a [...] - Read EOBs Before Responding to Denials
What 'noncovered service' really means to your office You can't streamline your appeals process unless [...] - You Be the Expert:
What Makes a Clean Claim?
Question: We are having problems in our family practice with the number of claims we [...] - Reader Question:
Bridge the Communication Gap ASAP
Question: The physicians and billers in my office don't practice open communication, and it's leading [...]
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