The per capita expenditure on healthcare in the United States increased significantly since 1960 and amounted to $125000 in 2020, according to Statista. A significant portion of this sum is spent on health insurance. Physicians need to submit claims or bills to...
Modifiers are an important element in medical billing. A modifier offers physicians a way to report or indicate that a service or procedure has been performed and altered by some specific circumstance but not changed in definition. A modifier also provides additional...
Starting January 1, 2022, there are five new Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) codes. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) allows healthcare providers to keep tabs on patients remotely using connected health devices and technologies. RPM utilization soared during the...
ICD-10 2022 has a total of 72,748 codes, including 159 additions, 32 deletions, and 20 revisions. The new 2022 ICD-10 wound care codes that became effective on October 1, 2021 include codes for irritant contact dermatitis, anemia and blood disorders, thrombotic...
Medical coding is the first stage in the medical billing process. It involves assigning standardized codes to diagnoses and medical procedures. One of the main challenges for healthcare organizations is knowing the thousands of ICD-10 codes and CPT codes as well as...