Primary Care Coding Alert
Biopsy Versus Excision
Primary Care Coding Alert
- 2002 Diagnosis Codes Are More Specific Describing Asthma, Womens Conditions
Family practice coding professionals will rely on a number of important new and revised diagnosis [...] - CPT 2002 Has Few Changes That Affect FPs
Family physicians will find few changes when new CPT 2002 codes are implemented Jan. 1, [...] - You Be the Coder:
Coding the Get-Acquainted Visit
Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the [...] - Time Is of the Essence in ADD Evaluation
A few weeks after students return to school in the fall and again after the [...] - FPs Inundated With Complaints of Anthrax Exposure
With the ongoing reports of biological terrorism saturating the media, many family physicians are experiencing [...] - To Bill or Not To Bill:
Telephone Code Refresher
While FPs spend a lot of time on the telephone with patients, most do not [...] - Reader Question:
After-Hours Codes
Question: A physician was treating a newborn who was jaundiced. He received the lab results [...] - Reader Question:
Anxious Patient on Medication
Question: A patient presents with complaints of anxiety. Because the patient takes Imipramine, the physician [...] - Reader Question:
Biopsy Versus Excision
Question: If a physician removes a lesion from the face for biopsy and sends it [...]
