• 1 Op Report Examination: Modifiers Can Ease the Pain of Custom TKRs

• 2 Is Modifier 25 Your Friend: Decide Before the OIG Does

• 3 Reap 3 Benefits of New and Revised Special Service Codes

• 4 Know the Differences Between Vertebroplasty And Kyphoplasty, and Correct Codes Will Follow: Guest Column--Henry H. Barnard, MD

• 5 Are You Using the 22520 Series For Kyphoplasty? Read This

• 6 Test Your Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty Savvy With Our Q & A

• 7 READER QUESTIONS: Look to Q6 for Locum Tenens

• 8 READER QUESTIONS: Include Volar Plate Repair in 26370

• 9 READER QUESTIONS: VMO Should Lead You to 27422

• 10 READER QUESTIONS: Classify AC Joint as Intermediate

• 11 READER QUESTIONS: Avoid J7318 for Synvisc Injections

• 12 READER QUESTIONS: Look for Clues to Select Ex-Fix Type

• 13 READER QUESTIONS: Seek 845.09 for Achilies Tendon Tear

• 14 You Be the Coder: Does 27488 Include Spacer Insertion?