• 1 Surgery Coding: Avoid Making Critical Mistakes When Coding Lung Volume Reduction Surgeries

• 2 Mythbuster: What Don't You Know About Thoracoscopy Coding Could Hurt Your Claims

• 3 News You Can Use: Category III Codes: Keep Pace With Emerging Technologies

• 4 Reader Questions: Employ CPT Where It Is Helpful

• 5 Reader Questions: Charge E/M by Therapist, But Not Separately

• 6 Reader Questions: Shoot for 94249 to Determine Lung Volume, Capacity

• 7 Reader Questions: Give Albuterol Treatment a Go With 94660

• 8 Reader Questions: Avoid Hitting a Dead End on BAL

• 9 Reader Questions: Clarify Temp Services Using Modifier Q6

• 10 Reader Questions: Don't Leave Out Modifier 59 For Separate Spirometry

• 11 You Be the Coder: CMS Pays for Echocardiography on Various Diagnoses