A common inner ear disorder, Meniere’s disease can cause dizzy spells (vertigo), sound in the ear and hearing loss. The inner ear is responsible for hearing and balance. Typically, affecting one ear, the condition can occur at any age, but usually starts between...
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered people’s lives in many ways. This year, we covered almost all COVID-19 related medical billing and coding topics and have seen huge page views for related blogs. As we are heading to 2021, we are sharing our top 10 most popular and...
Healthcare is one of the industries that experienced the most upheavals in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up urgent needs and new challenges for revenue cycle management (RCM), which will make reliable medical billing and coding services all the more...
A common birth defect, cholesteatoma is an abnormal, non-cancerous skin growth that develops in the middle section of the ear (behind the eardrum). In most cases, the condition involves a collection of dead skin cells that often develops as a cyst, or sac, that sheds...
Modifiers provide additional details about CPT codes submitted and the services rendered, without altering the procedure code’s definition. Modifiers 51 and 59 are used when multiple services are performed during a single encounter, each serving a distinct...
