• 1 Modifier -59 Unlocks Separate Reimbursement for Hematoma Removal With Tumor Excision

• 2 Part 1: Understand Global Periods and Avoid a World of Hurt

• 3 Global Period Lengths Vary

• 4 Reader Question: New NPP Rules Affect Hospital,Not Office,E/Ms

• 5 Reader Question: Medicare Wont Cover Stereotactic Cingulotomy

• 6 Reader Question: Radiology Codes Are Bundled to Vertebroplasty

• 7 Reader Question: Append Modifier -57 During Global Period Only

• 8 Reader Question: Dont Charge Separately for Marcaine

• 9 Reader Question: Be Precise With ICD-9 Codes

• 10 You Be the Coder: Outpatient E/M Codes Are Appropriate for ED