Coding & Documentation

How many new codes will there be in the ICD-10 CM and PCS code sets?

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

Even though there is a CPT code for completing patient forms, many payers do not reimburse physicians for that service.

This physician is billing for blood draws in the hospital outpatient setting.

Billing for a patient seen on the same day, in the same group, by two different providers.

How should this physician bill for a locum tenens provider?

This physicians wants to know who should bill for a hospital admission: the surgeon or hospitalist?

Medical coding guidance on prevention planning; the ICD-10 transition; ABN advice; and more.

Now that consult codes are gone, how does this doc code for visiting her patient in the ER?

How many systems need to be documented for a detailed exam?

While medical necessity is the primary criteria for payment, medical decision making counts too

Meeting the requirements for critical care in the office

Chief complaint or history of present illness?

Medicare's E&M codes by speciality

A reader responds to coding for suture removal

This practice was erroneously told to use the -56 modifier when they code surgical pre-ops

What should you do when RVUs don't paint a true picture?

Is there a CPT code for use of a massage chair?

Billing for medical assistant's work

Billing as both a hospitalist and private physician

How to bill for a successive office visit and hospital admission

If a patient declines an injection - can you bill for the cost of the medication?

This physician wonders why he has to dictate an H&P and discharge summary for a patient he never actually visited.

Here's what you need to know when it comes to medical coding to remove sutures.

One of the biggest changes to affect the entire healthcare industry is the pending required adoption of the new X12 Version 5010 Electronic Transaction Standard and International Classifications of Diseases procedure codes, or ICD-10 code sets, which will expand the current 17,000 coding options to the 155,000 code sets. The Version 5010 changes are set to take effect on January 1, 2012 and the ICD-10 transition date is October 1, 2013. In this podcast you will learn what your medical practice or medical billing company will need to do to be prepared in advance of these deadlines. This podcast is brought to you by Nuesoft Technologies and NueMD, Internet-based practice management software and electronic health records. Nuesoft has an established U.S. customer base of more than 15,000 users in 49 states.

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

Here’s how to use these code add-ons correctly to help you get paid what you deserve

NPP versus physician visit

One of the thorniest coding questions is: Can a physician bill for family meetings when the patient is not present? If so, who gets the bill ?

Here are your latest coding questions, answered by coding expert Bill Dacey.