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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 This seems to be a bit out of date to create a denial.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 ]
Know the rules for CLIA waived tests to ensure proper claims payment. Modifier QW indicates a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment CLIA waived test performed by a lab with a CLIA certificate. App... [ Read More ]
You wont find these codes in your 2023 code books but they are effective April 1. The Centers for Medicare 38 Medicaid Services CMS has released coding changes and policy updates for the Outpatient Pr... [ Read More ]
Improving technologies call for updating coding practices. Recently I was asked about coding for the repair or closure of an annular tear or defect defect which is a tear or hole in one or more typica... [ Read More ]
Meet a member who is on a mission. Each month AAPC selects a member who demonstrates exemplary leadership qualities. This month weve chosen Bridget Toomey MS CPC CPCO CPB CPPM for her positivity and d... [ Read More ]
A quarterly update to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule CLFS issued by the Centers for Medicare 38 Medicaid Services CMS on Aug. 11 includes 23 new CPT codes for proprietary laboratory analyses PLA... [ Read More ]