• 1 Diagnosis Coding: CMS to Freeze ICD-9 Code Set Next Year

• 2 Payment Plans: Request A Reasonable Patient Payment Plan

• 3 Part B Coding Coach 3 Ways to Do Diagnosis Coding Right

• 4 Part B Mythbuster: How to Make Your E/M Documentation Bullet-Proof -- Even With Few Symptoms

• 5 HCPCS Coding: Don't Forget About Q Codes With Your Casting Claims

• 6 Physician Notes: Don't Expect to Use PECOS During These 5 Days

• 7 In other news...

• 8 Reader Questions: Tackle Consultations on a Payer-By-Payer Basis

• 9 Reader Questions: Simplify DEXA Screening Issues

• 10 Reader Questions: Bilateral Done On 1 Side Means 52

• 11 Reader Questions: Altering Coding Just to Get Paid Is a Big No-No

• 12 Reader Questions: Beware Tacking on Additional Patient Charges