Coding & Documentation

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

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

Here's how to properly use E&M code 99213, including when other CPT options might be more appropriate with patients at your medical practice.

In light of the expansion of Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractor program, physicians are taking a second look at their coding practices.

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

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

You want to provide prevention-oriented healthcare, but how can you in a system that doesn’t seem to reward you for it? Find out how to chart your way through a maze of declining reimbursements and increasing patient panels.

Coding is no fun, but you gotta get it right if you wanna get paid. Here’s our guide to coding like a pro.

Surgeries to Two Fingers; Initial Hospital Visits; Coding for Medical Clearance Exam

We hate to say it, but there’s a big one coming: ICD-10. The new coding system will not take effect until 2013, but it’s still going to cost you. Here’s the scoop.

What do you do when your claims keep getting denied by the same payer, seemingly without explanation?

Get answers on coding for Incomplete procedures; film review; figuring out medicare denials; coding for workers' compensation forms, and more.

Insurers are slowly figuring out how to pay for online consultations. The time has come to get on the bandwagon.

Here is medical coding guidance on Zostavax; E&M for wart removal; a wellness visit with multiple diagnoses; same-day in-hospital visits; and more.

Attorneys bill for their time - don’t you wish you could? What if we told you that you can? Here’s how.

Tips from our e-mail newsletter. This issue: How to code combined wellness and problem-focused visits; coordination of care advice; coding for tetanus.

It’s time to get those annual coding upgrades to your billing software. But, how can you defray the cost without losing the upgrades?

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: Can you bill for student-provided services?

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: Using time to code for office visits; Who, what, when, where, and why?

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

With thousands of complex coding rules and a busy practice to run, some billing mistakes are inevitable. And every mistake costs you money. What to do? With our help, learn how to avoid the most common coding blunders, and get paid on time (almost) every time.

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

Here is guidance on when and how to use the GV and GW medical coding modifiers in hospice work for attending physicians.

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

Here's how to code an encounter when a patient is referred to your office for a screening colonoscopy and she is asymptomatic.