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The coding information and guidance in these posts 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.

 

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: Beyond E/M Leveling

This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Beyond E/M Leveling.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: New Technology & Administration

This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinarNavigating New Technology and Administration.The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to researchsubsequent official...

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...

Webinar Q&A: Nonvascular IR – Minor Procedures

This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Coding Nonvascular Interventional Radiology Series Part 1 Minor Procedures. The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to...

Webinar Q&A: E/M Coding for Primary Care

This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Time for a Check-up: E/M Coding for Primary Care.** The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to researchsubsequent...

Are You Ready to Fall in Love with Cardiac Catheterization Coding?

​Since February is the month of love, I’m here to profess undying love for my professional soulmate – the heart. I can’t help it, I love everything about the heart: the structure, how it works as both its own organ and to keep other organs alive, and the complexity of...

2023 E/M Changes: Processing observation services for Medicare

The 2023 AMA CPT code set brought us many revisions to the E/M guidelines. The good news is that we get to use the same set of guidelines for all E/M services!  One of the more significant changes was to the inpatient and observation services codes.  The observation...

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