We are just entering summertime and meteorologists are already warning about increased heat indexes all over the country. Staying hydrated is important advice because serious maladies can take place when the body becomes dehydrated.
Pain management providers primarily perform radiology services from the diagnostic imaging and radiologic guidance sections of the CPT code book, so specialty coders must know when these services can be separately reported and their documentation requirements. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
Our experts answer questions about the standard of care, reporting reduced services, and problems addressed during evaluation and management office visit.
Even though Congress didn’t fully unleash telehealth services, instead extending the long-running telehealth waivers through September, making your telehealth services a permanent offering can improve your practice’s financial health.
The Affordable Care Act provides preventive and early diagnosis healthcare services for free to anyone with a health insurance policy. This article provides coding specialists with guidance to ensure they’re documenting these services correctly so that providers are compensated properly.
Accurate medical coding for dermatological procedures is essential for proper payment and compliance. This article provides a detailed overview of coding guidelines for excisions and repairs, ensuring that healthcare professionals correctly report these procedures.
Clients who participated in court-ordered assisted outpatient treatments (AOT) displayed significant improvements across several outcome measures, according to a study recently published in Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice.
When a physician requests a consult from another physician, how can medical coders tell if the conversation counts toward the data review column in the medical decision-making table? This article provides guidance on when to count those conversations.
With advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented intelligence enabled healthcare, the American Medical Association provided guidance outlined in Appendix S taxonomy for describing and classifying various AI applications. This article will help coders understand the AI taxonomy.
