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I work in respiratory and were billing 99213, office charge with Z01.811 as primary. Claim is rejecting at clearing house. any suggestions?... [ Read More ]
Hi Linton
This is permissible per the CPT guidelines. See pages 49 and 811 of CPT manual year 2021 for CPT 99441 and 98960 .
I hope this helped you
Lady T... [ Read More ]
Does anyone have a list of which devices are under which status codes: Z95.1 = pacemaker, this one I get... How about Z95.811 and Z95.810? These still mix me up when it comes to devices like the Watch... [ Read More ]
My Ophthalmologists use diagnosis codes: H25.811 and H25.812 instead of the bilateral code. I have not been able to find guidelines that state they have to use the bilateral diagnosis code instead of... [ Read More ]
Is there a specific guideline that instructs us to use a bilateral diagnosis code of H25.813 instead of using the diagnosis codes H25.811 and H25.812? I know there is a guideline for glaucoma coding ... [ Read More ]
I have a question about retained foreign body? Everything I am reading is stating that it is a surgical item that is left behind after surgery. We have a pt that was shot with a BB and it was embedded... [ Read More ]
Hi Everyone,
From my past experience if the patient had [B]symptom [/B]to warrant a colonoscopy..put that as first dx. So let us say the patient had fecal abnormalities dx R19.5 or bleeding K92 dx, th... [ Read More ]
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I am reaching out today on behalf of our coding team looking for some advice...
We have been struggling with coding Zometa for Osteopenia lately. One ... [ Read More ]
I am reaching out today on behalf of our coding team looking for some advice...
We have been struggling with coding Zometa for Osteopenia lately. One of our struggles are the pt's that have a Hx of B... [ Read More ]
Targeted Probe and Educate materials offer insight into what these payers are looking for. A letter from your Medicare Administrative Contractor MAC notifying you that your provider has been selected ... [ Read More ]
Many of the changes are effective prior to the 2024 publication date. The American Medical Association AMA has posted its CPT early release documentation for Category I immunization codes Category III... [ Read More ]
Now the worlds largest training and credentialing organization for the business of healthcare 240K members is our greatest success. Thirtyfive years ago AAPC began its mission to legitimize medical co... [ Read More ]
Changes to Medicare Part B policy for these tests could save lives. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the United States and the third leading cause of cancerrelated deaths... [ Read More ]
Colonoscopies that require additional related procedures will soon see a change in Medicare coinsurance. A provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act CAA of 2021 has put Medicare patients on a g... [ Read More ]