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...
Health consequences resulting from sleep disorders and excessive tiredness is common among many people. In fact, most people do not realize the importance of sleep. Adequate amount of sleep is vital for both physical mental health of a person. Reports from the Centers...
Our medical billing and coding company reports on the new ICD-10 codes that come into effect each year starting October 1. Proposals for the fiscal year 2021 include 490 new, 47 revised, and 58 invalidated ICD-10 codes. While the FY 2019 ICD code set included 473 code...
