- General Coding: Look to G0317 for Nursing Facility Prolonged Service Codes - (Jan 14, 2025)
Hint: Time spent on services the day before and after the visit may count. Sometimes seeing a patient in the nursing facility can take more time than intended — or even more time than the nursing facility CPT® codes allow. [...]
- Medicare Regulations: Find Clarity on Medicare Telehealth POS Codes - (Nov 21, 2024)
Question: My provider sometimes uses technology to see Medicare beneficiaries in their homes, which sometimes are independent houses and other times in facilities where the patient is living long-term. I heard there was a place of service (POS) change for [...]
- Reader Questions: Phone In This E/M Encounter - (Sep 17, 2024)
Question: A patient presented to the office for a follow-up appointment. When the patient arrived, they were coughing, and we found out they had active COVID. We placed the patient in a room, and the provider conducted the visit over the [...]
- Telehealth: Keep Up With These Changes to Post PHE Telehealth - (Sep 09, 2024)
And get ready for telehealth codes to change again in 2025. During her HEALTHCON 2024 presentation, “Understanding Telehealth Post PHE,” Keisha Wilson CCS, CPC, CPCO, CPMA, CRC, CPB, AAPC Approved Instructor, noted that a lot has changed in telehealth since [...]
- Artificial Intelligence: Ask These Questions When Searching for an AI Coding System – Part 1 - (Sep 06, 2024)
Can NLP decipher language differences between doctors? Choosing the right artificial intelligence (AI) coding system for your healthcare organization isn’t like walking into a big box store and grabbing the product off the shelf. Medical coding contains specific guidelines, documentation [...]
- Reader Questions: Phone In this E/M Encounter - (Sep 05, 2024)
Question: A patient presented to the office for a follow-up appointment. When the patient arrived, they were coughing, and we found out they had active COVID. We placed the patient in a room, and the provider conducted the visit over the [...]
- Reader Questions: Phone In This E/M Encounter - (Sep 04, 2024)
Question: A patient presented to the office for a follow-up appointment. When the patient arrived, they were coughing, and we found out they had active COVID. We placed the patient in a room, and the provider conducted the visit over the [...]
- Telehealth: Keep Up With These Changes to Post PHE Telehealth - (Sep 03, 2024)
And get ready for telehealth codes to change again in 2025. During her HEALTHCON 2024 presentation, “Understanding Telehealth Post PHE,” Keisha Wilson CCS, CPC, CPCO, CPMA, CRC, CPB, AAPC Approved Instructor, noted that a lot has changed in telehealth since [...]
- You Be the Coder: Verify the Correct Coding on This Virtual Visit - (Aug 27, 2024)
Question: My provider wants to bill 99350 when performing a home visit via telehealth video. The patient is in their home at the time of service. It seems to me if the doctor is in the office performing the visit over [...]
- Artificial Intelligence: Ask These Questions When Searching for an AI Coding System – Part 1 - (Aug 22, 2024)
Can NLP decipher language differences between doctors? Choosing the right artificial intelligence (AI) coding system for your healthcare organization isn’t like walking into a big box store and grabbing the product off the shelf. Medical coding contains specific guidelines, documentation [...]