Evaluation and Management (E/M) services consist of categories such as office visits, hospital inpatient or observation care visits, and consultations. Evaluation and management (E/M) coding is the use of CPT codes from the range 99202-99499 to represent services...
Every practice deals with claim denials and ‘duplicate service’ is a common reason for denial. When a claim submitted by a medical coding company is denied as a duplicate service, it indicates that more than one claim was submitted for the same service, for the same...
Regarded as a common lower respiratory tract infection in young children and infants, bronchiolitis causes inflammation and congestion in the small airways (bronchioles) of the lung. Affecting children and babies (below the age of 2 years), the condition is generally...
The 2020 CPT code updates by the American Medical Association (AMA) include 394 code changes, including 248 codes, 7 deletions and 75 revisions. Cardiology has 26 new codes and 11 deleted codes. Cardiology medical billing is a challenging process that requires staying...
Pressure ulcers or pressure-induced deep-tissue damage occurs due to pressure breaking down the skin and underlying tissue. The ICD-10 updates in 2020 include the addition of new codes for the reporting of pressure-induced deep-tissue damage. The new codes are of...
