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.
Our experts answer questions about medical decision-making, locating procedure codes, and coding a revision of a unicompartmental knee arthroplasty to a total knee arthroplasty.
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.
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.
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.
CMS developed medically unlikely edits (MUE) as a way to limit the number of times a particular service is allowed to be billed by a single provider to a single patient on any given date of service. This article explains how MUEs can be used to stop errors. 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 coding breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma, medical necessity documentation, and anesthesia coding for knee surgery.
Make sure your staff know when they can count the independent review of a test toward medical decision-making. This article provides guidance on when to count independent interpretations.
CMS recently updated the list of preventive service codes that can be reported with complexity add-on HCPCS code G2211. In a recent change request, CMS deleted codes for services not considered covered preventive services and added codes for services that are considered covered preventive services.
Medicare utilization of CPT critical care code 99291 and add-on code 99292 jumped higher during the pandemic years. That bump has subsided, however, and a review of 10 years of progress in critical care utilization suggests the codes have swiftly adjusted to pre-COVID levels.
Our experts answer questions about the standard of care, reporting reduced services, and problems addressed during evaluation and management office visit.
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.
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.
CMS recently published its HCPCS Quarterly Update, which brings 148 HCPCS Level II code additions, discontinuations, and revisions. The changes became effective April 1.
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.
