Pediatric Coding Alert
Consider Your No Show Policy to Be Flexible
Pediatric Coding Alert
- Time-Based Coding:
Time Is on Your Side When Coding Pediatric Notes
Let these three answers guide your time-based E/M coding quandaries. Pediatricians are masters at listening [...] - Pediatric Payment:
Bilateral Cerumen Removals Could Prompt Denials
Private payers may follow Medicare’s lead, which could hurt your bottom line. When CPT® clarified [...] - ICD-10 Coding:
Look for Major Expansion of Stye Codes in October
You must document the site if you want to collect under ICD-10. A stye is [...] - Modifiers:
3 Payers, 3 Sets of Modifier 25 Rules
Think all modifier 25 policies are the same? Think again. You’ve finally waded through your [...] - You Be the Coder:
Know the Rules for 69210
Question: A patient presented to our practice with ear pain, but the pediatrician had to [...] - Reader Question:
Hospital Bills Dubowitz-Ballard
Question: Our pediatrician performed a Dubowitz Ballard Exam for gestational age on a premature infant [...] - Reader Question:
Consider Your No Show Policy to Be Flexible
Question: During the snow storm last week, we had several patients call in and say [...] - Reader Question:
No E/M, No Modifier 25
Question: A patient came in because he had an abscess on his finger (no other [...] - Reader Question:
Urinalysis Prompting Follow-up Is Payable
Question: If our office performs a dipstick urinalysis and then finds something is abnormal, we [...] - Reader Question:
Look to V Codes for Screening
Question: A patient presented to our office for a scoliosis screening. We were searching for [...] - Reader Question:
Collect Insurance Cards Frequently
Question: A patient came to our office. The physician performed an exam and administered an [...]
