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A fourth COVID19 vaccine code has been released by the American Medical Associations CPT Editorial Panel along with a proprietary administration code. The AMA released on Jan. 19 2021 CPT code 91303 ... [ Read More ]
The Jan. 13 social hour focused on updates to AAPC curriculum and certification exams. The bimonthly live sessions in the AAPC Facebook group have grown in popularity since their inception last Februa... [ Read More ]
Know your modifier KX rules to ensure payment for therapy in 2021.The post Therapy Threshold Amounts for 2021 appeared first on AAPC Knowledge Center.... [ Read More ]
Does new lost revenues clarification help or hurt agencies On Dec. 16 2020 the Department of Health and Human Services HHS announced that it added 4.5 billion to the Provider Relief Funds PRF phase 3 ... [ Read More ]
Several changes have been recently made to the ICD10CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting for fiscal year FY 2021. The guidelines changes affect code assignment for conditions and symptoms r... [ Read More ]
Hi - I have doctor that saw a patient and he has reached out to another physician from another facility to get his opinion on a patient. He reached out on the day of the encounter but has not heard ba... [ Read More ]
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I am hoping I can get some feed back with the new E/M Coding in Eye Care. What tests are appropriate in eye care in the data elements? Contrasts sensory, Sherma, tear break up tests?, D... [ Read More ]
Can anyone tell me what materials I would need to use for the exam to check for bundling -CCI edits. I use encoder now, but will obviously not have that for my test. Is there a book that has this info... [ Read More ]
Working on Medicare denials for CPT 64490-64493 that are being denied for the place of service 49. Were there changes made by CMS that anyone is aware of? Is anyone else having issues with claims bei... [ Read More ]
I have a question regarding saturation biopsy of the prostate. Our doctor did a prostate biopsy and took 24 cores. He did not use a template to do this. He coded this as a saturation biopsy. Is th... [ Read More ]
Hi, I have a case in which a patient was not a candidate for a labor epidural. The patient was placed on a remifentanil pca and subsequently needed a c-section. I am not sure how to code this, because... [ Read More ]
Hey all, I've been having some issues with getting paid for a patient who was seen for an annual physical and then a few months later seen for an annual gyn. She has a commercial insurance, not medic... [ Read More ]
I am currently taking a physical therapy course to learn more in the field I am currently working in. One thing has me confused. Incident to rules state that "Auxiliary staff may perform servic... [ Read More ]