Bill Dacey

Coding right for pelvics; special Pap, special coding; observation or inpatient?

Billing “Incident-To;” Same Patient, New Problem; Moonlight Coding

This month: Office vs. hospital outpatients; 2009 surgical global package; When to code a consult.

Find guidance for medical coding when treating cancer here, including when to use personal history V codes.

This issue: How to improve your ICD-9 coding.

This issue: Coding for suture removal and nonphysician CPT codes.

Tips from our biweekly e-mail newsletter. This issue: Effective communication with your office’s coders.

Tips from our biweekly e-mail newsletter. This issue: Debunking billers’ old wives’ tales.

Tips from our biweekly e-mail newsletter. This issue: Getting clearance for pre-op services.

Tips from our biweekly e-mail newsletter. This issue: Help with observation codes.

Tips from our biweekly e-mail newsletter. This issue: Clean house in your billing office; Details matter in review of systems.

Tips from our biweekly e-mail newsletter. This issue: Break your EMR’s bad habits.

Level with your payers; how to code for “easy” and “hard” cases.

Tips from our twice-a-month email newsletter. This issue: why you should read the CPT manual.

Expert Bill Dacey answers your toughest coding questions.

Dealing with one of the most dreaded billing dilemmas.

Have your payers been reviewing old charges and asking for refunds? Payer audits are becoming more common as physicians get aggressive with code selection.

Coding expert Bill Dacey answers some of the questions he hears most.

Expert Bill Dacey explains the rules governing consults.

Expert Bill Dacey on the undercoding epidemic.

Expert Bill Dacey clarifies some recent changes in  the correct use of modifiers.

Expert Bill Dacey clarifies coding-for-time rules.

Expert Bill Dacey helps you navigate the shifting E&M rules.

Expert Bill Dacey helps you find your way around the physicial exam guidelines.