by Deanna Upston | Feb 16, 2023 | Webinar Q&As
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...
by Emily Lomaquahu | Feb 16, 2023 | Webinar Q&As
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...
by Kristi Pollard | Feb 13, 2023 | Webinar Q&As
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...
by Kate Hutchison | Feb 6, 2023 | All Posts
Investing in Health Information Education: Assess and Reassess for Success Journal of AHIMADate: February 6, 2023 "Many health information (HI) professionals started 2023 by making resolutions and setting goals. And unfortunately, just weeks into the year, some of...
by Haugen Academy | Jan 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Deanna Upston | Jan 17, 2023 | Webinar Q&As
This page addresses follow-up questions and additional information pertinent to our webinar Making the Rounds: Inpatient E/M Coding.** The coding information and guidance are valid at the time of publishing. Learners are encouraged to researchsubsequent official...
by Mary Bort | Jan 17, 2023 | Webinar Q&As
Q: When a post op pain block is billed, should the appropriate anesthesia modifier be added as well, such as AA, or one of the Q modifiers if one of those are applicable?A: No, the CPT codes used for post op pain blocks and ancillary services when done separately...
by Mary Bort | Jan 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Anesthesia 101 01996 What would you code in the following situation? A 58-year-old female patient undergoes a bilateral total knee replacement. After the appropriate recovery room time, she is transferred up to a floor. Because the surgeon feels the patient is going...
by Shea Lunt | Dec 14, 2022 | Webinar Q&As
Q: What about the digital medicine changes?A: We did not cover these in the presentation but check out the new virtual reality codes in your CPT book – codes 0770T, 0771T-0774T. Appendix T, for audio only services is also new; it was released in April of 2022. These...
by Jennifer Cayce | Dec 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Q: I just wanted to clarify that with the new hernia repair codes, if a patient has a reducible and a strangulated hernia repaired at once, both would be coded as strangulated hernias?A: That is correct. The guidelines state the hernia repair would be coded as...
by Jennifer Cayce | Dec 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Extensive changes have been made to the CPT codes for reporting hernia repairs effective January 1, 2023. This section needed to be revamped to reflect current clinical practices utilized in these procedures. Here is a quick peek at the structure of the new codes:...
by Shea Lunt | Nov 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Did you see? CMS finalized the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Key takeaways include: A 4.5% reduction to the CY 2023 Medicare Part B conversion factor will take effect Jan. 1. CMS will continue to not recognize subspecialties for defining initial vs....
by Terri Reid | Nov 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Not long ago, a coder’s job just required them to translate a physician’s diagnosis into an ICD-10 code. The codes were then submitted for reimbursement and statistical purposes. Over the past few years coding has evolved into so much more. Now coders are required...
by Mary Beth Haugen | Oct 26, 2022 | All Posts
Be Prepared for Coding Changes For the Record Publication Date: October 20 2022 Code Changes- For the Record Publication Featured Mary Beth President / CEO The Haugen Group Meet Mary...
by Shea Lunt | Oct 19, 2022 | Webinar Q&As
Q: Can time spent pre-charting the day before or charting notes a day after the date of the encounter be counted towards the total time for the E/M? A: Per time guidelines, only time spent on the date of the patient encounter can be counted towards the total time...
by Deanna Upston | Oct 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Q: May code 19380 (revision of reconstructed breast) be reported with code 11970 (replacement of tissue expander with permanent implant)?A: Yes, it would be appropriate to report code 19380 If extensive capsule and extensive soft tissue work is performed (eg, not...
