** The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to research subsequent official guidance in the areas associated with the topic as they can change rapidly.
Renovating Your Release of Information Program
Publication: For the Record
In the United States, 14 states and the District of Columbia currently allow individuals to choose a third gender option—specifically, the nonbinary gender marker X—on state-issued birth certificates. The nonbinary designation includes “any person who does not identify with a gender that falls within the traditional male/female or man/woman category” as well as intersex individuals. Hear from CEO, Mary Beth Haugen, on this situation and the discrepancies that it is causing for patient matching. | Read More.
Breaking Down the Process of Care for Radiology Oncology
If you are new to radiation oncology, the process of care, CPT code reporting, and documentation requirements can be overwhelming. Patients who receive radiation therapy typically follow a general process of care beginning with an initial visit with the radiation...
Webinar Q&A: Coding for Pain Management
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Pain Points: Coding for Pain Management.** The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to researchsubsequent official...
Webinar Q&A: Investigating Injections & Infusions
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Investigating Injections & Infusions.** The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to researchsubsequent official...
Pain Management Coding and the Anatomy of the Spine
If you are anything like me, just looking at pain management codes can be pretty stressful. Especially the codes relating to the spine, spinal nerves, and joints! These codes all seem similar, so how are you supposed to know which code is the right one? What in the...
Webinar Q&A: Pain Management – Injections
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Pain Management - Part 1: Injections.** The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to researchsubsequent official guidance...
April Changes to ICD-10-PCS
It hardly seems possible that it’s been nearly 6 months since the October ICD-10 updates. And while April updates to ICD-10-PCS are hardly new, this year the code changes are no longer limited to new technologies. Compared to ICD-10-CM changes, the PCS code changes...
No April Fools, New ICD-10-CM Codes are Coming 4/1/2023
In case you missed it, ICD-10 updates come twice a year now. April 1, 2023 brings us our first official mid-year update and while there are not as many new codes as we typically see in October, there are more updates than we’ve seen in previous years when April...
Webinar Q&A: Considering Cardiac Caths
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Considering Cardiac Caths.The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to researchsubsequent official guidance in the areas...
Webinar Q&A: Nonvascular IR – Urinary, Biliary, and GI
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Coding Nonvascular Interventional Radiology Series Part 2: Urinary, Biliary, and GI Procedures.The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners...
