• 1 Identify and Document Diagnosis and Medical Necessity for EPS, MRI and Endoscopy

• 2 Type of Procedure Determines Modifiers -78, -79 and -58

• 3 News Brief: CMS Releases ICD-9 Codes for 2002

• 4 News Brief: Mississippi Medicare Carrier Changes MAC Policy

• 5 Reader Question: Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution

• 6 Reader Question: Inserting Screws and Performing Fusion

• 7 Reader Question: Disk Injections

• 8 You Be the Coder: Simultaneous Post-Op Billing