Coding & Documentation

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?

Revised codes and coding guidelines for 2017 completely change reporting for moderate sedation services. Here's what you have to know.

The 2016 Physicians Practice Fee Schedule Survey reveals how much more employed docs get paid than independent physicians for certain CPT codes.

A new infographic from RemitDATA reveals which five specialties and five procedures had the highest denial rate in 2016, as well as the five most common reasons why.

What do practices get paid for common codes? The results to the 2016 Fee Schedule Survey, featuring more than 1,100 respondents from across the country, provide the answers.

This month's coding column is on the biggest change to the 2017 CPT manual and billing related to depression and alcohol misuse screening.

It's never been more important to make sure your medical record documentation is complete, accurate, and complies with federal guidelines.

Do you trust insurance companies to pay you properly and according to contract requirements? If so, review your EOBs from your payers, today.

It's time to get serious about your compliance plan for improper coding and billing issues and overpayments. Here are five actions to take.

This month's coding column is about whether or not one or more physicians of different specialties can bill the advanced care planning codes.

This month's coding column looks at whether or not you can count addressing routine chronic conditions without a change in plan of care as E&M.

Physicians are first concerned with treating patients. But they are also business owners. It is a mistake not to review potential areas of risk.

What are the rules when it comes to completing chart notes after the time of service? Can doctors charge a copay for an annual exam?

It's been one year since ICD-10 has come into effect. How did practices deal with the transition and what's next?

CPT designates six codes to report vaccine administration. Here's how to make sure you are reporting the correct service and conditions.

While the ICD-10 grace period was relevant to only CMS, there is still work to be done. Here are nine steps practices can take to ensure post Oct. 1, they are ready.

This month's coding questions tackle whether physicians in the same group practice in the same specialty have to bill as a single doctor.

In the world of coding, here's why an attending physician is not really allowed to attest to an NP consult. Also, what are comparative billing reports?