Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

Find out if you’re ahead of the coding curve.

As always, there were a lot of changes in the world of oncology coding this year. From new prolonged services codes to new ICD-10-CM codes for documenting breast density in diagnostic mammogram images, the changes kept coming throughout 2023.

So, we put together this quiz to make sure you have all your coding ducks in a row before beginning 2024.

Question 1: On Jan. 1, 2023, Medicare introduced a new modifier that changed the way you document drugs administered to your patients if your practice supplies and administers the entire amount of the drug from a single-dose vial. What was the modifier, how should you use it, and when did Medicare actually start to monitor its use?

Question 2: At the beginning of 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also introduced three new prolonged evaluation and management (E/M) service codes. What were they, and what are their time thresholds?

Question 3: On Oct. 1, 2023, ICD-10-CM introduced new codes allowing you to report abnormal and inconclusive diagnostic breast images. What were the codes introduced, and why did ICD-10-CM introduce them?

Think you know the answers?