• If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ & read the forum rules. To view all forums, post or create a new thread, you must be an AAPC Member. If you are a member and have already registered for member area and forum access, you can log in by clicking here. If you've forgotten the password it can be reset on our sign in section by entering your registered Email Address or Username here. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below..

ama

  1. KStaten

    Wiki Are Medicare's Guidelines for E/M CPT Codes the same as AMA's?

    Hello, Everyone. :) I would greatly appreciate it if you could please share documentation that shows how "closely" Medicare bases its guidelines in comparison to AMA's rules/ guidelines regarding levels for E/M-- specifically, the MDM table. 😐 It has recently been suggested to me that the rules...
  2. morganscott

    Wiki AMA in the ED

    When a patient leaves AMA (against medical advice), can an E/M level be applied? Can you bill for ED charts when a patient leaves AMA? (Critical Access Hospital)
    • morganscott
    • Thread
    • against medical advice ama critical access hospital e/m
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: E/M
  3. jkyles

    Wiki Proposed fee schedule 2022 & other fun summer reading material

    Good morning, Just a heads up that the proposed rule for 2022 is out and includes - among other things - proposed new guidelines for critical care services and split/shared in the facility setting, more on telehealth and of course a preview of the new codes (Table 13). The comment period for...
  4. J

    Wiki AMA Pre, Intra, Post Service Times

    Hello, Does anyone happen to have the a link to the AMA Pre, Intra, Post Service times for procedures and EM services? I know that this is put out by the AMA RUC Committee and is used by CMS for RBRVS, but cannot find the actual document that contains these times. I have tried to email the...
  5. B

    Wiki Advanced Maternal Age

    Hello, If a patient is 35 years of age but the provider doesn't pull in the AMA diagnosis and doesn't document the advanced age as a concern can you still list the diagnosis because the patient is age 35 or older? Or do you leave it off because the provider hasn't documented it. Thanks in...
    • bmuchow
    • Thread
    • ama documentation pregnancy
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: OB/GYN
  6. E

    Wiki Medical Impairment Due To Erectile Dysfunction

    I am looking for AMA guidelines on how to determine the percentage of medical impairment due to erectile dysfunction for worker's comp. Does anyone know of somewhere these guidelines are published? I have searched the internet but the closest I got was a link to the AMA book regarding medical...
    • etheredb
    • Thread
    • ama erectile dysfunction medical impairment percent
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Urology
  7. J

    Wiki Genicular Nerve Rhizotomy

    I have a Medicare patient and verifying 64640 billed once or 3 times??? (superomedial, inferomedial and superolateral) Per AMA 11/15 regarding just the block 64450 bill one time only Thanks for any updated info! Jamie
  8. S

    Wiki Creating a new CPT code

    Hello, All! Today I spoke w/ a man who offers a medical "product" for our weight loss clinic. He asked me about billing, and what he needs to do to have his particular product become something that insurance will pay for. I explained to him that all medical goods and services have a CPT...
Top