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Pulmonology Coding Alert
Pulmonology Coding Alert
Pulmonology Coding Alert - 2025_January
Pulmonology Coding:
Report Nebulizer Demonstration and Treatment Together
Question: A pulmonologist performed a nebulizer treatment for a patient's asthma and demon...
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Pulmonology Coding:
Break Down the Established Patient Definition
Question: We bill for a multispecialty clinic, which has a cardiothoracic surgeon, a cardi...
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Pulmonology Coding:
Prevent a Surfactant Administration Coding Collapse
Can you report 94610 with critical care codes? Find out. Babies who are born prematurely ...
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Pulmonology Coding Alert - 2025_February
Pulmonology Coding:
Know When to Separately Report Spirometry Results Interpretation
Question: A pulmonologist in our practice interpreted the results of a spirometry test per...
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Pulmonology Coding:
Boost Your Bacterial Pneumonia Coding Knowledge
Find out how to code related conditions. Bacterial pneumonia is the most common type of p...
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Pulmonology Coding:
Can You Report COPD and Chronic Bronchitis Together?
Question: I have a medical report for an encounter with an established patient. The pulmon...
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Pulmonology Coding Alert - 2025_March
Pulmonology Coding:
Build Your Bronchiectasis Diagnosis and Treatment Coding Knowledge
Remember a 4th character for ICD-10-CM codes. Bronchiectasis is a respiratory condition w...
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Pulmonology Coding:
Verify The Correct Code for a Viral Infection Case
Question: I have a report that lists the diagnosis as viral lower respiratory tract infect...
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Pulmonology Coding:
Precisely Understand ‘Unspecified’ Codes
Question: I'm having trouble understanding how the word “unspecified” differs between ...
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Pulmonology Coding Alert - 2025_April
Pulmonology Coding:
Report Noninvasive Oxygenation Assessments With a Category III Code
Question: I have a procedure report that lists the service performed as “noninvasive ass...
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Pulmonology Coding:
Are Patients New or Established When a Provider Changes Practices?
Question: I code for a pulmonologist who recently made the move from a private clinic to l...
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