Coding & Documentation

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.

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.