Surgical osseointegrated bone prostheses have emerged as a popular alternative to hearing aids. Debbie Jones, CPC, CCA, defines how these devices work and how to report implantation, removal, and replacement of these devices in CPT.
Shelley Safian, PhD, RHIA, CCS-P, COC, CPC-I, defines hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) procedures and how to report them according to new guidance in the 2024 ICD-10-PCS guidelines.
As the COVID-19 public health emergency has ended, audits are likely to pick up steam. To prepare for this increase in audit activity, it’s essential for providers and coders to examine both current and upcoming trends.
The aim of every hernia repair procedure is to manipulate the herniated organ back into its proper position. This article reviews procedures and 2023 CPT coding guidance for hiatal, inguinal, femoral, abdominal, and parastomal hernia repairs. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
Surgical osseointegrated bone prostheses have emerged as a popular alternative to hearing aids. Debbie Jones, CPC, CCA, defines how these devices work and how to report implantation, removal, and replacement of these devices in CPT.
Julie Kyles, CPC, explains that CMS issued a modest set of hospital and practitioner procedure-to-procedure and medically unlikely edits in the latest quarterly update to the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits, effective July 1
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released the results of an audit of Medicare billing requirements for psychotherapy services submitted from March 2020 through February 2021 as providers adapted to changes introduced as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
CMS’ FY 2024 ICD-10-PCS codes, guidelines, and conversion table were published June 6. The release featured minor guideline changes, 78 new codes, 14 revisions, and five deletions.
Amanda Vincent , Javier Ortiz , and Teresa Brown, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS , identify various CMS quality programs, discuss common conditions these programs assess, and highlight their impact on patient safety through examples and coding case studies.
