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AAPCs coding expert Raemarie Jimenez gives you the scoop on next years updates. CPT 2021 includes 206 new codes 69 revised codes and 54 deleted codes. All sections of CPT received changes in codes and... [ Read More ]
Physicians can now offer more services via telehealth and get paid. The Centers for Medicare 38 Medicaid Services CMS is adding 11 codes to the list of telehealth services payable under the Medicare P... [ Read More ]
Know what the ICD10CM and ICD10PCS guidelines mean and how to enforce them in your practice or facility.The post Improve Your ICD10 Coding by Understanding Its True Purpose appeared first on AAPC Know... [ Read More ]
The Centers for Medicare 38 Medicaid Services CMS released the July 2020 update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System ASC PS last month. Providers and suppliers billing Medicare Administrat... [ Read More ]
At some point during the late 1980s or early 1990s I forget the exact year someone bought a small beige plastic box into the office I was working in and placed it on my desk. I immediately began usi... [ 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 ]
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I am trying to find the HCPCS code for Articaine (Carticaine). It is an oral local anesthetic.
I thought I would be able to find it, but no luck. I do not yet have my 2021 HCPCS book, but I... [ Read More ]
Has anyone encountered a provider performing Postop Pain rounds for blocks placed on the previous day in an outpatient setting. The patient's are technically outpatient, but held 23 hrs and thus are ... [ Read More ]
Hi I'm going to take my CANPC exam in couple of week any suggestion will help. Which book should I buy ASA crosswalk or RVG book?
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I need insight from some experts! What would you do with this?
Pt. in today for pump check and possible scheduling of replacement. The pump has had volume discrepancies showing that no medic... [ Read More ]
Can these modifiers both be billed on the same claim form if NPI numbers for each provider are listed? Also, is the website anesthesiabilling.org a trusted and reliable resource? Who are they?
Thank... [ Read More ]
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Our providers are doing Subcostal TAP Blocks and have been trying to use 64425. This is not an Intercostal Nerve Block, so I do not feel 64425 is appropriate. The procedure description is re... [ Read More ]
Hello, My question concerns acceptable modifiers for anesthesia for two separate surgeries but they are on the same day. We say append the 59 modifier only on the second surgery. Others are saying y... [ Read More ]
My MTF surgeons have started using epidural anesthesia in lieu of general anesthesia for qualified hip and knee replacement candidates. I have confirmed with the anesthesia providers this is not a ner... [ Read More ]