Sarah L. Goodman, MBA, CHCAF, CPC-H, CCP, FCS, president/CEO and principal consultant for SLG, Inc., of Raleigh, N.C., and Susan E. Garrison, CHCA, CHCAS, CCS-P, CHC, PCS, FCS, CPAR, CPC, CPC-H, executive vice president of Healthcare Consulting Services at Med Law Advisors in Atlanta, Ga., answer questions about modifier use and the application of NCCI edits.
Gloria Miller, CPC, CPMA, vice president of reimbursement services at Comprehensive Healthcare Solutions, Inc., based in Tacoma, Wash., answered these questions about hospital outpatient wound care coding.
Deborah K. Hale, CCS, CCDS, president of Administrative Consultant Service, LLC, in Shawnee, Okla, provided this pocket card to use when determining whether a patient should be placed in observation.
