Bill Dacey

Now that consult codes are gone, how does this doc code for visiting her patient in the ER?

How many systems need to be documented for a detailed exam?

While medical necessity is the primary criteria for payment, medical decision making counts too

Meeting the requirements for critical care in the office

Chief complaint or history of present illness?

Medicare's E&M codes by speciality

A reader responds to coding for suture removal

This practice was erroneously told to use the -56 modifier when they code surgical pre-ops

What should you do when RVUs don't paint a true picture?

Is there a CPT code for use of a massage chair?

Billing for medical assistant's work

Billing as both a hospitalist and private physician

How to bill for a successive office visit and hospital admission

If a patient declines an injection - can you bill for the cost of the medication?

This physician wonders why he has to dictate an H&P and discharge summary for a patient he never actually visited.

Here's what you need to know when it comes to medical coding to remove sutures.

In this issue, a question that asks how many new codes are in the ICD-10 code set.

NPP versus physician visit

Here are your latest coding questions, answered by coding expert Bill Dacey.

Billing new OB visits; office visit codes; bundling procedures; and global post-ops

Hospitalist admit billing; coding for pre-op exam; selecting high vs. moderate risk.

Billing for hospitalists; smoking cessation documentation; patients’ paperwork; group visit codes.

Billing massage chair use; using the AI modifier; getting paid for pulse ox.

Problem visits with counseling; coding for suture removal; mixing exam types?

Billing for vitals recordings; discharge summary on a deceased patient; a wasted controlled substance.

Giving credit for exam work; decision making for established visits; billing a hospital admission.

Primary care exception; critical care coding; prescription drug management

Documenting shared visits; further vs. additional workup planned.

Vaccine counseling; new or established patients; coding for coordinating care.

Surgical package; billing family members; using 99211 for new patients