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 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 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 Shea Lunt | Jul 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Haugen Academy’s Guide to the 2023 E/M Changes 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,...
by Kristi Pollard | Jan 10, 2022 | Covid News
As the COVID-19 virus continues to mutate, so do the codes and coding advice used to track this pandemic. So where do we go for the latest information on COVID-19 coding? Here are the resources we recommend bookmarking. Make sure you reference them frequently, as...