• 1 Op Report Examination: If Hand Surgery Dissection Isn't 'Unusual,' Don't Append Modifier 22

• 2 News Briefs: Expect Higher Reimbursement For G0289

• 3 Location, Depth Crucial For Foreign-Body Removal Coding

• 4 Solve Your Modifier 25 Mysteries at Long Last

• 5 Don't Let Printing Errors Caused by the New CMS-1500 Form Foil Your Claims

• 6 Get up to Speed On The CMS-1500 Changes

• 7 Revel in How Easy It Is to Get An NPI Number

• 8 Reader Questions: Confirm Fracture Care Vs. Excision

• 9 Reader Questions: Remember Medicare's Post-Op Infection Rules

• 10 Reader Questions: Decompression or Bony Lesion?

• 11 Reader Questions: Don't Expect Payment for 20930

• 12 Reader Questions: Get to Know Splinting/Strapping Differences

• 13 You Be the Coder: Consider Graft Type for OCD Repair