by Kristi Pollard | Mar 17, 2025 | All Posts
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is turning a keen eye toward lower extremity revascularization procedures this year. That's right, in the world of interventional radiology, it's audit season—like tax season but with more leg work (literally). Why Legs Are...
by Kristi Pollard | Feb 20, 2025 | All Posts, Coding Resources
Although the public health emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 ended on May 11, 2023, we continue to see updates to the COVID-19 guidelines to align us with the post pandemic environment. The first wave of guideline updates came in October 2023 (see our blog titled Coding...
by Kristi Pollard | Feb 20, 2025 | All Posts, Coding Resources
On April 1, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is introducing 50 new codes, deleting 12 codes, and revising 2 code titles. It’s been several years since we’ve seen changes to obstetrical codes, but for this update, there are two to note. Code...
by Kristi Pollard | Feb 5, 2024 | All Posts, Coding Resources
Time is a critical factor when treating stroke and returning the patient to his/her neurological baseline. The BEFAST mnemonic (Balance, Eyes Face, Arm, Speech, Time) is a useful tool to help quickly identify stroke symptoms and know when to seek emergent medical...
by Jennifer Cayce | Nov 22, 2023 | All Posts, Coding Resources
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the updates to the Risk Adjustment model for 2024 and there are some big changes coming. The transition from the previous version (V24) to the new version (V28) includes changes to the hierarchical...
by Kristi Pollard | Nov 22, 2023 | All Posts, Coding Resources, Covid News
The public health emergency ended on May 11, 2023, and the COVID screening guideline was updated in October, but here we are: still getting questions about coding for COVID testing. The last three and a half years have been anything but normal and COVID reigned...
