• 1 National Correct Coding Initiative: Version 9.2 Promises Big Changes for Cardiology Coding

• 2 Diagnosis Codes: Providing ICD-9s for Lab Claims Just Became Your Job, CMS Says 'No' to Suspected Diagnoses

• 3 Chill out with ICD-9s

• 4 Studies & Surveys: Billing, Malpractice Concerns Scare Soon-to-Be-Docs, A Quarter of Med School Students Wouldn't Do It Again

• 5 Studies & Surveys: Physicians Capacity at the Breaking Point, Study Says, Medicare Patients Wait Longer for Fewer Services

• 6 NCCI: Mutually Exclusive Edits Threaten Reimbursement

• 7 Hematology: New Edits Clarify: Don't Bill Consultation on Slides

• 8 Coverage: Medicare Expands PET Scan Coverage

• 9 Physician's Notes: Dueling Proposals Compete to Reform Medicare, Physicians Caught in the Crossfire