E&M

The Office of Inspector General included "identical notes" as an area of interest in its 2011 Work Plan. Make sure your patient notes reflect each unique encounter.

This doc wants to know how to bill inpatient services using the primary-care exception rule.

Can this physician bill for monitoring OB patients in the outpatient setting if he is physically not present?

Can you still use the consult code for Medicare and private payers?

This physicians wonders why he doesn't get paid for performing a pulse ox.

The 1995 and 1997 CMS guidelines for E&M services are still topical.

Can this provider choose elements from both a multisystem and single organ system exam?

In this issue, a question that asks how many new codes are in the ICD-10 code set.

This Excel worksheet, provided by Lighthouse MD, is meant to expedite E&M coding.

Use this sample template for guidelines on documenting inpatient visits. Provided by Hill & Associates.

A quick overview of the Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE),a new Medicare benefit effective 1-1-05. Understand the components and how to bill for the exam.

Plain language advice on using common modifiers in your medical coding.

Use this sample template for guidelines on documenting established patient visits. Provided by Hill & Associates.

The benefit of having your own in-house billing department is that they are well-versed in billing procedures for your practice and specialty.

Coding is hard. It’s tedious. Yet it is how you get paid for the services you perform. So we asked the experts where things go wrong most of the time - and how to fix them.

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.

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

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