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Welcome back! I love medical coding & abstraction. You may start out with outpatient coding while learning the tips for specific coding like clinic, office and other outpatient codes. Inpa... [ Read More ]
How would the following case be coded? I am confused on how the non-selective subclavian angiography would be coded especially??
Procedure Ordered:
Procedure(s):
Right/Left Heart Cath Poss Interv... [ Read More ]
There's a lot going on here and some help would be appreciated. Here is what i have come up with:
[B]93458 26 Left heart cath
93567 Supravalvular aortography
37252 RT IV... [ Read More ]
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A nonparticipating provider can accept assignment on a claim-by-claim basis. You can choose to accept assignment for this patient's claim and get reimbu... [ Read More ]
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Does anyone have experience billing non par Medicare? Possible scenario is the patient will be paying up front, signing an ABN, and then we will bil... [ Read More ]
On December 28th it looks like they ruled that 92650 will not be covered under Medicare but did accept the recommended values from the ASHA, AAA, AAN, and AAO-HNS for VEMP (92517, 92518, 92519), AEP, ... [ Read More ]
[U]Question:[/U] I work for a Surgeon who performs percutaneous tenotomies and tendon lengthening procedure to the extremities as well as destruction by neurolytic to the nerves. Since there aren’t ... [ Read More ]
I billed 26445 and 26520-59 to a Worker's Comp company and they denied the 26520-59 as inclusive per April 2002 CPT Assistant. This seems to be a bit out of date to create a denial. Here are the surgi... [ Read More ]
Accelerated payments may now be on the table. Whether your reimbursement is affected by the cyberattack on UnitedHealth Groups Change Healthcare division or not you should be paying attention to the c... [ Read More ]
On Feb. 21 2024 Change Healthcare experienced a cybersecurity attack on their systems. Change Healthcare promptly disconnected their systems to help protect outside connections from further harm. Howe... [ Read More ]
Texting patient orders among members of a healthcare team is permissible when done securely. On Feb. 8 2024 the Centers for Medicare 38 Medicaid Services CMS issued an updated memorandum on the allowa... [ Read More ]
The Centers for Medicare 38 Medicaid Services CMS posted on March 1 the National Correct Coding Initiative NCCI procedureto procedure PTP edit files for the second quarter. Have you checked to see if ... [ Read More ]
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