Coding & Documentation

This month's coding questions look at coding for transition of care for a nursing facility patient and on Annual Wellness visits.

It's the time of year to update your fee schedule. Do you know where to find your contracted rates?

This month's coding questions look at the difference between a 99243 vs 99244 in a consulting capacity.

What do practices need to know about coding for advance care planning? Here is some guidance from the AAPC's John Verhovshek.

How do physicians need to manage hypertension - from a coding perspective - in the age of quality-based care?

This month's coding questions include what to do with the ROS section of the EHR and whether or not to bill a physical during a follow-up.

Did you know that your insurance payers have very specific rules that you are required to follow? Don't leave money on the table.

Coding expert Bill Dacey answers questions on the correct definition of 'contact' and the 'mid-point rule' during a medical visit.

When do you use modifier 25 or 57? Coding expert John Verhovshek explains the difference when coding an E&M service.

Your team of physicians, administrators and lawyers can help you get what you rightfully owe using data-driven tools.

E&M coding guidelines are finally changing after 20 years, but don't celebrate yet. These changes may be worrisome to practices

What happens when a patient presents with a condition that there is currently no billing code in the system for? This doctor finds out the hard way.

Coding expert Bill Dacey has some of the most recent updates to the coding manual. What do you have to know for 2018?

This doc found out the hard way that medical coding for a single patient can be a cumbersome time suck.

Should you hire an in-house coder or outsource? Do you need to hire one at all? Answers to these questions and more.

Physicians need to document care in the EHR, but they can either keep the computer out of the room or embrace it to focus on the patient.

The coding rulebook is always changing. Here are strategies from our two coding experts to help you stay compliant.

Inaccurate billing and coding can have a direct and negative impact on a practice's bottom line. What are some common coding queries?

Experts share their advice on how to ensure coding is done properly at your practice, through focusing on common codes and more.

Coding expert Bill Dacey answers your latest coding questions, including an inquiry on how to bill for TCM services.

This month's coding questions tackle depression screens on elderly patients and coding for interactive complexity.

Using telehealth services? Here are the basics on reporting this to Medicare, in order to get properly paid.

In this month's coding column, we also feature answers to prolonged services codes and orthopedic ICD-10 codes.

Everything you want to know about coding a transitional care management encounter, including what services are included.

With medicine's increased demands and time constraints, doctors are less likely to practice the healthy lifestyle they preach to patients.

For this month's coding column, we get a few ICD-10 specific questions on BMI and well child visits.

A new infographic from RemitDATA reveals practices have seen improvements in processing speed, denials, and more since the end of the ICD-10 grace period.

This month's coding column: What do physicians have to know about coding for telemedicine visits?

In honor of March Madness, we asked our editorial advisory board to tell us which sports they loved to watch on TV.

This month's coding column: An elderly patient's grown daughter comes in for an office visit without the patient, is there a code for that?