• 1 Modifiers: Considering Modifier 23? Check These 3 Areas Before Appending Your Codes

• 2 News Brief: 2011 Conversion Factor Expected to Wreak Havoc on Bottom Lines

• 3 Clarification: CCI Edits Apply to Single MD During Procedure

• 4 Documentation: Watch Out: Nurse's History Note Might Be Audit Bait

• 5 Reader Questions: Nasogastric Tube Rarely Counts as Separate Service

• 6 Reader Questions: 96372 With 62310 or 62311? Know the Service First

• 7 Reader Questions: 20552, 20553 Equal Paraspinal Muscle TPI

• 8 Reader Questions: Clearly Document CVP, PAC Catheters

• 9 Reader Questions: Choose 00160 for Nosebleed Crosswalk

• 10 Reader Questions: Separate Puncture, Chemo Work Means Separate Codes

• 11 Reader Questions: 00918 Isn't Automatic Cysto-With-Litho Code

• 12 You Be the Coder: 01965 Versus 00940 for Spontaneous Abortion