General Surgery Coding Alert
Bill All Scopes If No Parent
Question: Montana Subscriber Answer: Bottom line: Reader Questions and You Be the Coder were prepared with the assistance of Marcella Bucknam, CPC, CCS-P, CPC-H, CCS, CPC-P, COBGC, CCC, manager of compliance education for the University of Washington Physicians Compliance Program.
General Surgery Coding Alert
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Tackle Challenging Multiple Hernia Repair Procedures With 4 Expert Tips
You may need to appeal to make your case and get proper payment.When your general [...] - Evaluation and Management:
Scope Out Potential Level 4 and 5 E/Ms By Knowing Crucial HPI Facts
Watch out for CPT/Medicare differences when counting HPI elements.If you're not accurately accounting for the [...] - Clip and Save:
Use These Questions to Capture HPI for Full Reimbursement
Get your physician to collect the information you need, with this handy list. In the [...] - News You Can Use:
Welcome a 2.2 Percent Medicare Pay Boost For the Rest of This Year -- Finally
But the news isn't all good -- first, you faced a week of lower payments, and [...] - Reader Questions:
Catch Up on Incomplete Claims
Question: Our surgical practice has a few claims that have missing or incorrect information. I'm [...] - Reader Questions:
Straighten Out Your Modifiers For ER Admit
Question: Our doctor saw a patient in the emergency room and decided to admit him [...] - Reader Questions:
Collect Surgical Deductibles Up Front
Question: We often have patients who don't pay their deductible after surgery. Is there a [...] - Reader Questions:
Bill All Scopes If No Parent
Question: The surgeon performs a biopsy with sigmoidoscopy followed by an endoscopic removal of a [...] - You Be the Coder:
Identify Tru-Cut Method to Select Proper Code
Question: The op note states Tru-Cut liver biopsy. Is this a laparoscopic, percutaneous, or wedge [...]
