Starting January 1, 2010, Medicare stopped paying CPT procedure codes for consultation services CPT 99241-99245 – office or outpatient consultations and CPT 99251-99255 – inpatient initial consultations. A lot of confusion still prevails on the right codes...
There are several differences between the format of ICD-9 and ICD-10 coding and this has brought about new medical billing and coding challenges. One of these is the need to assign the 7th character denoting episode of care to codes in certain categories of ICD-10....
The transition to ICD-10 that took effect in October 2015 is progressing. Physician practices are submitting claims with the new codes quite successfully and getting reimbursed by insurers, many with the help of professional medical billing and coding companies....
General surgery medical billing and coding is quite complex. When a surgeon performs an operation, it may entail more than what was planned, in which case modifier 22 increased procedural services may be applicable. Knowing how to code correctly for the surgical...
As per the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), fractures that result from osteoporosis occur most often in the spine. They are almost twice as common as other osteoporosis related fractures that occur in broken hips and wrists. It is estimated that...
