by Shea Lunt | Jul 20, 2022 | Blog
Purchase Webinar Shea Lunt, RHIA, CPC, CPMA, PMP Consultant Shea is a consultant for The Haugen Consulting Group with 11 years of health care industry experience. Shea has experience working on the professional fee side of coding, auditing, education and compliance...
by Shea Lunt | Dec 9, 2021 | Blog, Webinar FAQs
Q: What’s the purpose of category III codes? A: The use of category III codes allow data collection for these services/procedures. Use of unlisted codes does not offer this. If a category III code is available and describes the procedure performed, it must be...
by Shea Lunt | Dec 1, 2021 | Blog
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the environmental conditions where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life risks and outcomes. Some examples include income level,...
by Shea Lunt | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog, Webinar FAQs
Q: Can we count resident’s time?A: No. Teaching physician rules haven’t changed. Resident time is not billable. Q: Do you need to document exactly how you spent your time with the patient, or just the total minutes?A: It is recommended to document total minutes plus...
by Shea Lunt | Dec 11, 2020 | Blog, Webinar FAQs
Q: Can I always just use G2212 if our organization follows only CMS guidelines? A: It will depend on whether or not the payer accepts the G2212. HCG would advise to write an internal policy for coders to follow for coding of prolonged services using codes 99417 vs....
