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I'm hoping to get some more info on the CANPC course. Is the online course approximately 4 hours? Is the certification exam also 4 hours? Trying to schedule this in to my year and jus... [ Read More ]
How many SCS trials can be performed on a patient in their lifetime? Insurance: Medicare; State: Texas. I've reviewed both the LCD and LCA from Novitas, and did not see on whether or not the same pa... [ Read More ]
We have a patient has has a pseudo joint (lumbarization) at S1. I believe this would be coded as a 64493 as it is an extra vertebra, but I am not 100% sure. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Looking for some guidance to determine whether the use of unlisted code 64999 is appropriate for billing a lumbar plexus nerve block for post op pain management or if this would fall under CPT 64449 s... [ Read More ]
How many units do you code if 1 mg of midazolam is used (J2250)? My doctor uses anywhere from 2-4 mg and I haven't been able to find the conversion into units to code. For example, J3301 Kenalog-40mg/... [ Read More ]
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My physician was reading about Ischium bursa ablations and was asking how to bill for them. Is anyone doing this procedure? What CPT code would we use for this? Any information ... [ Read More ]
We have been having a discussion as to the correct way to bill screening colonoscopies that become diagnostic colonoscopies for Commercial insurance and Medicare Advantage. We agree with Medicare cha... [ Read More ]
I am trying to figure out how many reports should be coded per hour. Just an average.
I had heard 80 per hour for both anesthesia and pain management together.
Can someone shed some light on this f... [ Read More ]
Does anyone have any resources on how long intraservice time needs to be to bill 99152. The code says initial 15 minutes. Is that any number of minutes up to 15 min. or is there a certain number that ... [ Read More ]
The first full day of conference started with a look at the future of Medicare. After a rousing start yesterday to HEALTHCON 2022 attendees were anxious for todays first full breakout session day. The... [ Read More ]
Check the dosage of Evusheld when comparing to existing code Q0220. Medicare announced a new HCPCS Level II code for tixagevimab copackaged with cilgavimab EVUSHELD which providers administer as a pre... [ Read More ]
Medicare reminds healthcare providers of an important coverage change through claims denials. Ever since a public health emergency PHE for COVID19 was declared on Jan. 27 2020 there has been several n... [ Read More ]
Learn the latest changes to reporting products and procedures related to Chimeric Antigen Receptor Tcell therapy to ensure proper coding. Expensive cuttingedge cancer therapy is available to Medicare ... [ Read More ]
AAPC Senior VP of Products Raemarie Jimenez gives you the scoop on the code changes for next year. CPT 2022 includes 249 new codes 93 revised codes and 63 deleted codes. All sections of CPT received c... [ Read More ]