Coding & Documentation

Tips from our biweekly e-mail newsletter. This issue: billing for and administering medications.

When asked to a see a patient by another physician, does it really matter if you bill an E&M visit as a consult or a referral? It sure does - and using these terms interchangeably can cost your practice thousands. We help sort out the differences.

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 biweekly e-mail newsletter. This issue: Avoiding denials and billing multiple procedures.

It’s confusing, tedious, and time-consuming - and for most practices, it’s the only way to get paid for the work you do. Now the good news: There are tools available to make coding easier. Here’s our rundown.

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

Tips from our biweekly e-mail newsletter. This issue: Consult or referral? Documentation is critical.

Tips from our twice-a-month e-mail newsletter. This issue: making sense of modifiers.

Tips from our twice-a-month e-mail newsletter. This issue: documenting minor office procedures.

Tips from our biweekly e-mail newsletter.

Tips from our biweekly e-mail newsletter.

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.

What are the CPT and ICD-9 codes for billing Depo-Provera injections for birth control?

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.

Do you have a nagging sense that you should be earning more for all the work you do? You're probably right.

Here is guidance on how your medical practice should code a preoperative routine physical exam, including when to use CPT codes 99241-99245 and 99251-99255.

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

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

Here is some medical coding guidance on diagnosis code for history of MI; better pay for C-sections; billing facility versus nonfacility fees; and much more.

Here is medical coding guidance on lidocaine injection; vertebral injection; phenergan suppositories; Denver 2 screening; treatment before admission; and more.

Questions and answers about coding.

Coding Q and As from April 2005