July 7, 2023 | By Victoria Moll, CPC, COC, CPMA, CRC, CPFC, CPRC, AAPC Approved Instructor, Fellow CEO, Contempo Coding It’s a frequent grievance heard in the healthcare sphere – patients walk in for their “no-cost” annual exam only to walk out with a bill for a separate office visit due to an existing…
June 30, 2023 | By Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICDCM One of my favorite childhood memories includes learning how to paint. Messy and fun, fingerpainting and potato printing held my attention for years. As I got a little older, I marveled at how I could create masterpieces by using the “paint by numbers”…
May 5, 2023 | By Stacie L. Buck, RHIA, CCS-P, RCC, RCCIR, CIRCC It is no secret that interventional radiology is one of the most difficult specialties for coders and auditors to master. In particular, coding correctly for embolization procedures can be tricky due to the multiple coding considerations involved. This article provides tips…
January 19, 2023 | By Scott Kraft, CPMA, CPC Practices and providers can bill monthly chronic pain management services for Medicare patients beginning in 2023, using two new HCPCS G codes: G3002 and G3003. But these new codes come with specific guidelines that auditors will need to be on the lookout for when providers…
January 13, 2023 | By J. Paul Spencer, CPC, COC I received a great question the other day, and I thought it was a great stepping-off point for a discussion in this space. It’s 2023, and a patient is placed in observation status by an admitting physician. A non-admitting physician is called in for…