General Surgery Coding Alert
Consider Additional Laparotomy Services
General Surgery Coding Alert
- CCI 19.0:
32556: Navigate Pleural Drainage Bundles and More
Don’t miss new CPT® 2013 edit pairs that could compromise pay. You’ve barely gotten used [...] - CPT® 2013:
Get the Skinny Straight From the AMA
Explore online symposium and errata resources. General surgeons face code changes from every direction this [...] - Practice Management:
Get Ready For OIG Scrutiny of Modifiers and More
Audit yourself before the feds come calling. Your general surgery practice could come under the [...] - News You Can Use:
You're Saved From 26.5 Percent Physician Pay Cut
But RVU changes still in effect. General surgeons can expect a reprieve from the dreaded [...] - You Be the Coder:
Consider Additional Laparotomy Services
Question:The patient had an exploratory lapartomy with extensive lysis of adhesions, subtotal colectomy, and repair [...] - Reader Question:
Take Heed of 3-Surgeon Case
Question: We had three surgeons working together to perform a delayed left breast reconstruction. The [...] - Reader Question:
47120 Doesn't Fit Every Liver Lobectomy
Question: If a surgeon does multiple partial liver lobectomies would you use the 47120 more [...] - Reader Question:
Educate Patients for Up-Front Fees
Question: One of our surgeons returned from a meeting, saying he had learned that we [...]
