Pediatric Coding Alert
Think Twice Before Adding E/M to Cauterization Services
Pediatric Coding Alert
- News You Can Use:
Know What CMS Has in Store for You for 2021
Payment rates, prolonged service confusion, and telehealth expansion top the list. As they do every [...] - CPT® 2021 Revisions:
Get Your First Look at the 2021 CPT® E/M Revisions
Take note of these changes to prolonged services, care management codes. While CPT® 2021 introduces [...] - ICD-10 Coding:
Stay Current With the 2020 ICD-10 Addenda (Part 2)
Note new influenza instructions, extensive juvenile arthritis and osteochondrosis revisions. “This year’s ICD-10-CM updates seem [...] - You Be the Coder:
Use This Sequence in Multiple Modifier Scenarios
Question: What are the rules governing multiple modifier sequencing? Massachusetts Subscriber Answer: The basic rule [...] - Reader Questions:
Remove These Codes and Modifiers to Report This Newborn Encounter
Question: On date of service 7/20, our pediatrician removed digits from a newborn’s right and [...] - Reader Questions:
Take This Counsel for Vaccine Administration Success
Question: A 5-year-old patient came with Mom to receive MMR [measles, mumps, and rubella] and [...] - Reader Questions:
Think Twice Before Adding E/M to Cauterization Services
Question: Is it possible to bill a separate evaluation and management (E/M) service for a [...]
