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J Codes Dominate Top 10 Codes Reported by Hematologists and Oncologists

Published on Fri Jun 10, 2011

See how this list compares to your own reporting statistics.If you want to keep your practice's finances in the black, accurately reporting your most frequently reported codes correctly is a must.As an example of where to focus, this table shows the top 10 codes (by frequency) reported to the CMS database in 2009 by providers identifying themselves as hematologist/oncologists, hematologists, and medical oncologists. Your top 10 may look different, depending on what your practice offers.Hint: The unshaded areas in columns 2 and 3 show where those rankings deviate from column 1. You can find the lists online, posted by Frank Cohen, MPA, principal and Senior Analyst for The Frank Cohen Group. Click on "Top 10 procedure codes by frequency for all specialties" at www.frankcohen.com/html/access.html to download the zip file. You'll find additional utilization statistics at www.cms.gov/MedicareFeeforSvcPartsAB/04_MedicareUtilizationforPartB.asp.
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