Billing for Outpatient and Technical Services for Skilled Nursing Facility Residents

A question that I get asked repeatedly, that I haven’t taken the time to address in a long time, came up on a webinar that I was doing for orthopedic executives and coders. What happens when a provider sees a patient and then later finds out that they were a resident of a Skilled Nursing…

Auditing by Service Line: E/M vs. Surgery

  March 24, 2023 | By Jennifer McNamara, CCS,CPC,CDEO,CPMA,CRC, COSC,CGSC,COPC, AAPC Approved Instructor | Director of Education and Coding, oncospark When auditing medical charts, there are significant differences between evaluation and management services (E/M) and surgical services. These differences are essential to understand to ensure that the medical documentation is accurate, complete, and compliant with regulatory requirements.…

Identifying Common Coding Errors for Lower Extremity Arterial Interventions

  September 9, 2022 | By Stacie L. Buck, RHIA, CCS-P, RCC, RCCIR, CIRCC Each day thousands of patients are undergoing one or more therapeutic interventions, the most common ones being angioplasty, stent and atherectomy of the lower extremity arteries to treat various forms of peripheral vascular disease. This article will highlight the most common…