Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)

• 3 Tips Provide a Guide to Help You Design Your Internal E/M Guidelines
• Shave Skin Lesion Confusion: Excision Codes Aren’t the Only Answer
• Define ‘Emergency’ -- When To Use QC +99140
• Nail Down the Appropriate Diabetes Dx Every Time
• Look for a Separate Location or Session Before You Append 59
• 4 Tips Help You Take the Pain Out of Hemorrhoid Procedure Claims

Anesthesia & Pain Management

• Bust 3 CS Catheter Myths to Skip the Wrong Code
• 7 Steps to Selecting the Correct Anesthesia Code
• Check Patient’s Condition & Docs to Support Endoscopy Anesthesia Coverage
• Save Time Coding Facet Injections With This Coding Tool
• Keep Chronic Pain Denial at Bay With Surefire Dx Tips
• Use These 3 Easy Tips for Headache-Related Nerve Blocks
• Avoid OIG's Glare By Coding Facet Joint Injections Correctly
• CPT Introduces New Anesthesia Codes
• How to Obtain Reimbursement for Unlisted Procedures
• Don't Automatically Cross Off Qualifying Circumstance Claims
• Bust This 00670 Myth or Risk Losing Your Hard-Earned Reimbursement Dollars
• Gear Up Your Math Skills to Code Anesthesia for Burns Correctly
• Stop Diagnosis Denials at the Door With Our Easy Checklist
• Knowing What IPM Specialists Do Is Half Your Coding Battle
• Study These Expert ESI Tips Before You File Your Next Claim
• What You Don’t Know Could Save Your Post-Op Femoral Block Coding
  
• Ace Matching Modifiers to Procedures for Claim Success
• Keep It Together When Coding Incomplete Medical Direction
• Define 'Emergency' -- When to Use QC +99140
• Avoid Appeals for Pain Blocks With These 3 Tips

Billing

• Capitalize on Physicians' After-Hours Services
  
• Hold Patients Accountable for Missed Visits With These Tools
  
• Chart Your Way to Deidentified Patient Information
  
• Ask The Right Questions To Choose The Correct Diabetes Code Every Time
• Quickly Find The Right V Code
• Flub-Free Filing Every Time
• Checklist Gets You Clean Claims
• Unlock Dependent-Child Billing Questions With This Easy Key
• Suffering From Incorrect E/M Billing? Find Out Fast
• Set Up Your Red Flags Plan With These 6 Tips
• Still Using the Old ABN, NEMB Forms? Stop Now
• Document Accuracy Checklist
• Use Checklist to Keep Track of That Data
• Navigate the Opt-Out Process With Ease
• 3 Steps That May Prevent an Appeal
• Use This Letter to Win Appeals on Your Modifier 25 Claim Denials
• Ensure Payers Correctly Apply Every Refund That You Send
• These 8 Services Are Not Part Of The Global Surgical Package
• Assess Revalidation Efforts in 12 Questions
• Simplify Your Place-of-Service Coding With This List
• Write Effective Business Letters Every Time — Here's How
• Overcome 'Forgot the Checkbook' Excuses With This Checklist
• Verify WC Eligibility With This Sample Form
• Decrease Your Outstanding Claim Percentage With a Set Follow-Up Policy
• 10 Pluses Justify the Hefty Cost of Implementing an EHR System
• Simplify Your Place-of-Service Coding With This List
• Fight Back Against Lost Pay on High-Cost Procedures
• Say Goodbye to 2+ Year Credentialing Period
• Ensure Payers Correctly Apply Every Refund That You Send
• Capture Every Insurance Detail With This Form
• Overcome Consolidated Billing Troubles With an SNF Contract
• Stop Chasing After 'Welcome to Medicare' Exam Deductibles
• Let 2 Questions Guide You on Deductible Collection
• Medicare Lowers 2009 New Conversion Factor to $36.0666
• Emergency Medicine, Infectious Disease Practices Benefit From New Fee Schedule
• Not Issuing Refunds? You May Be Asking for Trouble
• 3 Tips Help You Negotiate Your Way to Better Payer Contracts
• Mark Your Calendar: ICD-10 Could Hit in 2011
• Find Your Way Through the SNF Billing Maze
• Study These Expert ERISA Tips Before Filing Your Next Appeal
• Considering a Medicare Opt Out? Here's What You Need to Know
• Avoid Collections Hassles by Getting the Lowdown on HSAs
• Easily Evaluate Your Billing Procedures With Internal Audits
• Is Lack of Verification Costing Your Practice? Stop the Bleeding
• Increase Your ABN Know-How With These 5 Sample Scenarios
• Consider Collecting Up Front to Combat Increasing Deductibles
• Boost Efficiency and Speed Up Reimbursement With RTCA

Cardiology

• ICD-9 2010: Prepare for All-New Embolism Codes Coming Down the Pike
• Act Now to Get Hard-Earned 93296 Pay From CMS
• Do These Top-10 Denials Look Familiar? Check Your List
• Underlying Conditions, Too? Check Your Hypertension Codes
• Investigate Hypertension's Underlying Conditions
• Catch 2 New MCT Codes - And Say Goodbye to the Unlisted Hassle
• Doppler Echo Coding Gets a Facelift for 2009
• 3 Tips Clarify Your Top HPI, Chronic Conditions Questions
• Avert Cardiology Test Denials With This Medicare Coverage Round-Up
• Clear Up Your Claims by Comparing Combined Cath Versus Ablation Transseptal Heart Codes
• Nip Nuclear Med Troubles in the Bud With These RP Tips
• Coding At-Home Prothombin Time Tests? CMS Expands Coverage
• Satisfy 3 Factors for Stent After Failed Angioplasty, Atherectomy
• Put Your First- Second-Order Proficiency to This PV Case Study Test
• CCI Rescinds Controversial Policy Restricting Only One PV Intervention Per Vessel
• Simplify 24-Hour Cardiac Monitoring Coding By Zooming In on 2 Details
• Nix Nuclear Medicine Coding Mistakes Once and for All
• Split Professional, Technical Components Like a Master
• 3 Steps Correct Your Cardiac Rhythm Device Claims
  
• Simplify Stress Test Claims by Reviewing Indications and Documentation Hazards
• Eliminate EPS Errors With This Example
• Think You Can Get Away with 414.00 for CAD? Think Again
• Capture Same-Day Cardio, EP Consults With This Expert Advice

Emergency Medicine

• Know Wound Characteristics to Slash Multi-Laceration Repair Miscodes
• Double Your $$ When You Spot E/M and Burn Treatment on Same Claim
• Simple Laceration Repair or E/M? The Answer Could Cost Hundreds
• Shape Time-Saving Counseling Forms Using Online Resources
• Count Trigger Point Targets, Not Shots, and Ensure Coding Success
• Pay Special Attention to These Areas of Peds PE
• Explanations Ease Code Choice on Debridements
• Acronym Ensures Proper Wound Repair Documentation
• Know What Separates FBR From E/M or Lose $80 in Pay
• 5 Steps Ensure Your Observation Care Success
• Check Out These Observation Coding Do's and Don'ts
• Keep These Common Medical Terms Handy
• Get Pre-Removal Measurement to Maximize Excision Claims
• Spot E/M Evidence to Gain $130 When Ventilation Management Occurs
• Remember to Look for E/M Evidence on Cerumen Claims
• Spot 49080 Characteristics to Avoid Lavage Miscode
• Find Age-Related Risks to Possibly Up Pediatric E/M Level
• Recognize What Separates Pilonidal, Standard Cysts or Risk Rejection
• Detail Marks Successful Pediatric E/M Histories
• Leave $70 on the Table if You Fail to ID Complicated I&D
• Look for E/M Service on Your Fracture Claims, or Lose $$$
• Meet These Rules to Code for NPP Assisting MD on Shared Visit Encounters
• Know When to Combine -- and When to Separate -- Burns for Diagnosis Coding
• Use Instrumentation, Depth to Decide Laceration Repair Level
• Eye Area Matters When Coding FBR Encounters
• Fix Your Fracture Care Claims in 3 Simple Steps to Avoid Errant Code, Postop Overlap
• 4 Questions to Ask Before Choosing Debridement Codes

Family Practice

• Here's How to Code Outpatient-to-Inpatient Encounters
• Focus on Pre-Op E/M's Purpose to Keep Claims Correct
• Green-Light Higher-Paying FBR Procedure by Honing Your Incision Vocab
• Spot the Newborn Code You Need in a Snap
• 3 Steps Ethically Add $36 to This Excision Claim
• Get Out of Your Head When Reading Diagnoses Notes
• Follow 5 Do's to Unstick Injection Coding Errors
• Never Assign E/M Codes Based Solely on the Length of the Documentation, One Carrier Says
• 3 Tips Are Key to Deciphering 99213 From 99214
• Use Caution When Reporting 90846 for Family Counseling
• 3 Tips Ratchet Up Your FBR Pay
• Ensure Wart, Disruption Specificity by Taking Quick Quiz
• Skip Modifier 21 - Go Straight to 99354-99359
• Use 2 ICD-9 Tips to Get Paid for 95930 and E/M
• Mind Your G's and Q's, or Medicare Might Deny Well-Woman Exams
• Avert Foot Exam Denials in 1, 2, 3 Steps
• Simplify Well-Child Exam Coding With Single V Code
• Rectify Common Hypertension Coding Errors With Quick Quiz
• Use This E/M Guide to Stay Out of Auditor's Crosshairs
• Halt Knee-Related Injection Rejections With 3 Critical Details
• Clean Up Maternity Confirmatory Visit Claims With Quick Quiz
• Revert to 'Crossed-Out' for Your Inhalation Solution Drugs
• Avoid Undercoding ADD/ADHD Sessions by Using This Continuum
• Follow These Coding Do’s on Inhalation Service Claims
• Gain $8 per Visit by Recognizing All 69210 Coding Opportunities
• Use These Tips to Avoid an E/M Denial With 95115, 95117
• ICD-9 2009 Update: Focus on Headache Details to Master Diagnosis Subsets
• Gain $173 for Increased Newborn Care Work

Gastroenterology

• Have Your Endoscopy Codes At Your Fingertips
• Don't Wait for New CPT Codes; Maximize Virtual Colonoscopy Payment Now
• Stop Wasting Time Searching for Supervision Definitions
• Good ROS Documentation Today Helps Keep the Auditors Away
• Guarantee a Clean Multiple-Endoscopy Claim in 3 Simple Steps
• Prepare Now: CPT 2009 Offers Ammo for New ERCP Procedure
• Think Beyond Modifier 22 for Control-of-Bleeding Cases
• Need Help With H. Pylori Tests? Look to These 4 Coding Options
• Bolster Hemorrhoid Coding Accuracy Based on Location
• Here's Your Complete Guide to the Incomplete Colonoscopy
• Have Pregnant GI Patients? Find Out When OB Codes Are the Answer
• Gain $400 or More For 2 Easily Missed ERCP Components
• Capture Modifier 59 Opportunities With 2 Do's
• Let Key Phrases Steer Esophageal Impedance, Motility, and pH Test Codes
• E/M Note Must Stand On Its Own for Mod 25 Claims
• Focus on Modifier 52: When You Should -- and Shouldn't -- 'Reduce' Your Claim
• Verify 5 Facts Before Submitting Lower GI Endoscopy Claims
• Cross Out Rule-Out Diagnoses for Picture-Perfect Claims
• Focus on E/M: Draw the Line Between Referrals and Consultations
• Multiple EGDs? Pay Attention to Payer Guidelines and Code Order
• Overturn Arbitrary Gastro Edits With This Expert Advice

General Surgery

• Unlock Breast Reconstruction Secrets With This Mythbuster
• Checklist Eases Modifier 25 Claims
• Use These Guidelines to Safeguard Against Internet Attacks
• Lock Down Consultation Requests With This Form
• Choosing Between 19301 Plus 38500 Vs. 19302 Can Be as Simple as 1, 2, 3
• Go With the Flow to Make Your Modifier 59 Decisions Easier
• Make Sure These Errors Don't Cause Your PQRI Bonus to Tank
• Cut Away the Confusion of Lesion Excision Code Choices
• Keep Your Scope Coding All in the Family To Avoid Errors
• Identifying Base Codes Doesn't Have to Be Tedious
• Modifier 57 Alone Should Preclude the Need for 25
• Focus on Method to Ensure Proper Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Coding
• Master Internal Hemorrhoid Excision With 3 Coding Options
• Wake Up Your Reimbursement By Capturing Sedation Pay
• Here's the Quick Way to Find Out if the Patient Is Really New
• Celebrate the Addition of 6 New Lap Hernia Repair Codes
• OIG Rakes in $20.4 Billion Due to Errors, Fraud in FY 2008
• Take Note of Errors in CPT 2009, AMA Instructs
• Blast These Errors From Your 2009 ICD-9 Manual
• Start Your ICD-10 Assessment Process Now, CMS Experts Say
• Don't Expect Outrageous Transition Times to ICD-10
• Choose Either Nissen or Hernia Repair, Not Both
• New HCPCS Set Introduces Doripenem, Other Injection Codes
• Frequency Limits Aren't the Whole Story for Colonoscopy
• CPT Makes HPV Code Official; Radically Changes TURP Coding
• Master Thoracoscopy Coding in Just 3 Steps
• Enterectomy 101: Use This Step-by-Step Guide to Master Intestinal Resection Coding
• 1 Question Separates Ulcer Excision From Debridement
• That Re-Excision Could Be a Mastectomy: Here's How to Tell
• Make the Most of Colostomy Closures: Here's How
• Watch Your Dx. for Liver Bx. Success
• 'Lavage' May Be More Than You Think
• Look to Underlying Condition When Applying Modifier 58
• Master Terminology for Whip-Smart Whipple Claims
• Here's Your Wound 'Exploration' Explanation
• Modifier 25 Isn’t Always the Answer for Same-Day E/M
• Vascular Family Matters for Catheter Coding
• Cut to the Facts of Wound Repair: 5 Tips for Foolproof Reporting
• Don't Let Your PEG Coding Go Down the Tubes
• Meet 3 Requirements for Modifier 22 Success
• 5 Q&A’s Bolster Your Suture-Removal Savvy
• Shave Your Claims Mistakes: Not Every Removal Is an Excision

Internal Medicine

• Tips for Successful Pulmonary Diagnoses Coding
• Help Your Doc Code Dementia E/M Encounters for More Accurate Claims
• Maximize E/M Payment for Hepatitis Patients with MDM
• Boot 250.00 for Charcot Foot, Embrace Dual Dxs
• Auto-Bundle Procedures to Save Money in the Long Run
• Use This Incident-To Checklist to Breathe Easier During an Audit
• Look for More Info Before Marking UTI, HTN ICD-9 Codes
• Get Paid for IM, RD's MNT Involvement in 3 Easy Steps
• Capture 'Patient Limbo' Period With These Observation Coding Steps
• Follow This FAQ to Maximize 99291 Coding
• Break Down Outpatient ESRD Into These G-Code Mirroring Cat I Codes
• Chart Critical Care With This Checklist
• Participate in PQRI for Increased Bonus Payment
• Steer Your Incident - To Coding Using These 4 Questions
• Pay Attention to Preservatives, Payer on Flu Shots or Risk Denials
• Heed Medicare Clarification to Code Inpatient Prolonged Services Properly
• AMA Shuts Down 'Layer Closure' Repair Descriptor
• Use This FAQ to Nail Down NPP Critical Care Coding
• Expert Cheers Revisions to +99356, +99357
• This FAQ Gives You Unna Boot Ins and Outs
• Prove Patient Is Critical Before Coding 99291
• Use These HPI Tips to Clean Up Your Physician Documentation
• Avoid Denials by Separating Rules for Sequential, Concurrent Infusions
• Requester Separates Second Opinions From Consults
• Tally Your Risk the Way the Auditors Do
• Heed New Transmittal When Documenting, Compiling Critical Care Time
• Shared Visits Can Net 15% More on Some E/Ms
• Protect Incident-to Pay With This Added Phrase
• Make Pathology a Prime Issue When Choosing Excision Code
• Figure Frequency Into Your Colonoscopy Screening Coding -- or End Up With Denials
• 3 Steps Keep Your Diabetic Neuropathy Coding on the Up-and-Up
• Record Consult Request or Face Claim Denials

Neurology

• Report MS-Related Dysphagia With Specificity, No Unbundling
• Add This Checklist to Your HIPAA Toolkit to Boost Security
• Denial Woe: Bust 95900 Bundles By Employing 3 Tactics
• 4 Tips for Proper Peripheral Nerve Procedures Diagnosis Accuracy
• Overcome the Transcranial Doppler Testing Reimbursement Challenge
• Prep for 2009 CPT Changes to New Plantar Nerve Codes and More
• Stay Out of Medicare Trouble When Coding Consults
• Know Which Nerve Conduction Study Code Is Right for You
• Sleep Test or Polysomnography? How to Tell the Difference
• Get in Step With Facet Joint Coding to Avoid OIG Bull's-Eye
• Take Care Splitting EEG Into Pro and Tech Components to Fend off Denials
• Think 'Likely' Diagnosis Trumps Symptoms? Think Again
• Get Ready for New Stroke Code With Can't-Miss Insights
• Bone Up on Tysabri Infusion Coding With 3 Surefire Rules
• Success Story: EMGs Make the Difference in Billing NCS
• Here Comes Relief -- Get Ready for More Specific Migraine Coding
• Combat Common EEG Coding Pitfalls -- And Get Your Claims Paid
  
• Take Luck Out of the Botox Equation With These Surefire Strategies
• Get the Straight Answers on ENG and VNG Allowable Units
• Clarify Unlisted Procedure Codes in Your Claims
• Support BPPV Payer Processing With New AAN Guideline

Neurosurgery

• 4 Q&As Solve Your Admission, Subsequent Care Questions
• 5 Simple Steps Shore Up Your Shunting Placement, Revision, and Replacement Claims
• Sharpen Your Shunt Coding Skills With This Chart.
• Master Multiple Procedure Coding By Taking This Multi-Level Spinal Surgery Challenge
  
• Adhere to These Osteotomy, Laminectomy Edits
• Safeguard Your Spinal Instrumentation Claims by Busting These 5 Myths
• Total Disc Arthroplasties Gain Industry Acceptance With Regular CPT Codes
• Watch for Co-Surgery on Anterior Arthrodesis
• Use Caution When Device Maker Offers to Appeal for You
• Withstand Microsurgical Techniques Scrutiny by Following 3 Simple Steps
• 3 Final Steps Assure Successful Spinal Neurostimulator Coding
• One-Step-at-a-Time Ensures Successful Spinal Stimulation Claims
• If You're Treating 61793 as a Once-and-Done Code, You're Missing Out
• Answer 'Yes' 3 Times, Apply Modifier 78
• The Difference Between Nerve Block and Destruction May Be Greater Than You Think
• Distinguish Spinal '-ectomies' for Easy Coding: Here's How
  
• Capture All the Steps When Your Surgeon Uses Cranial Bone Flaps: Here's How
• Answer 3 Questions for Spinal Bone Grafts
• What Qualifies as 'More Extensive?' Find Out Now
• 3 Questions Reveal Your Ideal Arthrodesis Code

Obstetrics & Gynecology

• Focus on Approach to Overcome 4 Ovarian Cyst Removal Coding Myths
• Ace Modifier 22 Coding by Applying Expert Advice From 3 FAQs
• Stop Mixing Up Hysterectomy Codes by Highlighting Weight, Removal
• Bust These Delivery Coding Myths to Streamline Your Ob Claims
• Cut Down on Global Ob Coding Mistakes With This Checklist
• 3 Steps Take the Guesswork Out of Coding Vaginal Cuff Repairs
• Up Your E/M Dollars by as Much as $49 by Reassessing Risk Level
• 3 Mythbusters Overcome Your Urogynecology Bladder Scan Coding Troubles
• Your 1 Stop to Benign Ovarian Cyst Diagnosis Coding
• Reporting 59025? Find Out Who Payers Require to Mark the Baby's Movement
• Collect More for Extensive Adhesiolysis Using This Tool
• Tackle Flu Shot Coding With This Helpful Tool
• Perfect Vulvar Lesion Claims Can Be Yours When You Zero In on These 3 Details
• New Edition of CPT Overhauls Hydration Code Set
• 3 Steps Resolve Your Endometrial Cancer Questions
• Want Picture-Perfect 2009 Claims? Follow These New Vaginal Mesh, EUA Directions
• 3 Tips Make Bone Density Coding a Snap
• 5 Steps Cut 'Complicated' Out of Coding Ob-Gyn Op Notes
• Avoid Legal Dangers by Coding Sexual Assault Evidence
• Miscoding a Repeat Pap Smear Could Cost $40 per Patient
• Vamp Up Your V Code Usage by Vaporizing These Myths
• Simplify Your Tubal Ligation Codes By Focusing on 3 Details
• Calculate Patient's Fee Using Medicare's 'Carve Out' Rule
• Don't Miss Another ECC, LEEP, or Biopsy by Solving 3 Colposcopy Scenarios
• You Can Code Preventive and E/M Services on the Same Day
• Medicare Well Woman Exam No Longer Requires a Breast Exam
• 3 FAQs Obliterate Your Ob Global Package, Hospital, and Accident Coding Obstacles
• Untangle Pregnant Patient Transfer Coding Cases With This Advice
• 2 Scenarios Pinpoint the Perfect Preventive Med Counseling Code
• Ace Your Twin Delivery Claims With 4 Solutions to Your Toughest Questions
• Follow This 5th-Digit Advice to Clear Up Spontaneous, Induced Abortion Questions
• ICD-9 Update: Brace Yourself for an Explosion of New Vaginal, Anal Pap Smear Codes

Oncology

• ICD-9 Update: Take Your Oncology Coding Specificity Up a Notch With 7 2010 Changes
• Dig Into 2 Dosimetry Examples and Unlock Payment
• A Complex Planning Checklist
• Get a Grip on Stem-Cell Transplantation Codes
• Add Up MDM Points for Cleaner E/M Claims
• Stop Wasting Time Searching for Status Indicator Definitions
• New ABN Implementation Is Coming: Are You Ready for Supply or Test Changes?
• You'll Have to Stop Coding G0332; Feds End Stopgap IVIG Funding
• Watch for Changes in High-Dose Brachytherapy Coding
• Do You Need to Change First-Listed Diagnosis for a Secondary Cancer Site?
• Split Radiation Procedures Into Pro, Tech Without Denials
• Eliminate E/M Upcoding to Avoid Undue Audit Attention
• Take Your Leukemia Diagnosis Coding to Even Higher Levels -- Here's How
• Look Out for 3D Positional Tracking Code
• Ace Neoplasm Diagnoses in Just 4 Steps
• Prevent Drug Waste From Shrinking Your Bottom Line - Here's How
• Claim Every Billable Consult and Boost Your Bottom Line
• Money in the Bank: Earn More Than $900 per Brachytherapy Procedure
• 5 Tips Take Your ESA Coding Up a Notch
• Pump Up Payments With Optimum Prolonged IV Administration Coding
• Get Your 2009 ICD-9 Coding Down Pat to Avoid 209.xx Tumor Errors
• Master This Theratpeutic Phlebotomy Coding Conundrum
• Capture All the $$ You Deserve for Prostate Brachytherapy

Ophthalmology

• 10 Tips for 'Getting It Right' Every Time
• Prevent Uni-Bi Reporting Errors With This Expert Insight
• Prepare to See $24 Less for ICG Angiography, $10 Less for A- and B-Scans
• Choose the Right E/M or Eye Code to Optimize Reimbursement
• CPT Challenge: Are You Ready for These 3 Cataract Coding Scenarios? Test Yourself
• Read This Before Coding Your Next IOL Master or A-Scan
• Checking Method and Location Leads to Correct FBR Coding
• Reporting 1 Code for Bilateral Strabismus Surgery? Read This First
• Don't Make This Crucial Laser Treatment Coding Mistake

Optometry

• Keep These 2009 PQRI Eye Care Measures Handy
• 4 Scenarios Clear Up Your Multiple FB Questions
• Prove Medical Necessity for Fitting Contacts and Earn $65 Each Time
• Snap Up Your Rightful Fundus Photo Pay With Bundling, Dx Know-How
• Go Beyond Routine Coding for Extended Ophthalmoscopies

Orthopedics

• Pull the Plug on PRP Denials by Limiting When You Pick 86999 for PRP Injections
• Ace ASC Coding With These Global Period, Modifier Tips
• Complete Your ICD-9 Coding Picture with These Tips
• Look Before and After Rotator Cuff Repair or Risk Missing Arthroscopies
• 10 Steps to Submitting Error-Free Ortho Claims
• Get a Handle On Hand Surgery Claims By Fixating Finger Modifiers Onto CPT Codes
• Inclusion of 'Unilateral' to Pelvic Fx Repair Codes Could Add $685 to Your Bottom Line
• Take Note of Decompression, Tendon Transfer Revisions
• Streamline Slew of New Ortho Codes With These 5 Groupings
• Osteochondral Autograft or Allograft? This In-Depth Look Helps You Decide
• CCI 14.3 Changes How You Report Arthroplasty Plus Prosthesis Codes
• 3 Steps Steer You Clear of Excision Coding Snafus
• ‘Consult Plus’? Turn to These Examples for Coding Success
• Identify Key Differences When Billing SLAP Repairs
• Steer Clear of Traumatic Hip Dislocation's Hidden Traps
• Scope Out 5 Can't Miss Tips for ACL Coding
• Rise to the Wrist Fracture Coding Chellenge with This Case Study
  
• 5 Clues Help You Reap Hundreds of Dollars on Every 20692 Claim
• Ace Teaching-Physician Coding to Keep Deserved E/M Dollars
• Clean Up Your Collateral Ligament Claims -- Here's How
• Submit Clean ESI Claims Every Time - Including the Fluoro

Otolaryngology

• Epley Revisited: Just Because We Get a New Code Does not Always Mean We Get New Pay
• Know Your Magnifiers for Microscope Coding Success
• Spot Sinus Landmarks to Unravel Op Reports
• Be a Confident 95004-95028 Coder
• A Timesaving Tool Spotlights 92551-92557's Differences
• 2009 CCI Puts More Restrictions on Turbinate Procedure Co
• Master Microscope Codes to Bring a Possible $200 Boost
• Should Your Office Catch PQRI Fever?
• Route Test Pay to Your ENT Group in 3 Easy Steps
• CPT 2009 Sets New Code in Stone for Epley
• Bypass Septoplasty Global By Sidestepping Modifier Mishap
• Code 99070 When Encounter Meets 5 Requirements
• Net $330 More in Functional Nasal Surgery Pay When You Spot 2 Items
• Check Nerve, Time, Equipment Before Reporting Monitoring Combo
• Focus on Cyst Location to Reel In Proper Excision Pay
• 3 Answers Remove Roadblocks to CMS Audiology Compliance
• Focus on Provider, Nerve to Break Parotid/Mastoid-Monitoring Bundle
• Stop on Higher-Paying Scope Code Minus Laryngeal Exam Indication
• Escape Incident-To Repays With Authorizing Note
• Keep CMS Audiology Test Pay Rolling in With This Direct Coding Primer
• Preauthorize 30400-30450 to Ensure ENT Gets Paid
• Catch Often Missed Billable FESS Procedures Using 5 Tips
• Eliminate Pitfalls of Direct Vocal Cord Injection to Stop Endless Paperwork
• Get the Right OV-Consult Code Mix
• Clinch $80+ for Concha Bullosa Work With 4 Tactics

Pathology/Lab

• Zero In On Home Anticoagulation Monitoring
• Chart These Diagnostic Pap ABCs
• Match Pathology Report Keywords to Uterus Codes
• Put These Common Lab Modifiers in Your 'Coding Toolbox'
• There's More to CPT 2009 Than New Codes
• Get Ready to Use Medicare's Streamlined ABN
• Choose Only 1 Flow Cytometry Interpretation Code
• Get the Final Word on Physician-Signature Debate
• Did You Catch CMS's Unveiling of Medically Unlikely Edits?
• Sneak Preview: Get Ready for 2009 Laboratory Codes Now
• Master Breast Pathology Coding With These 4 Tips
• Location, Location, Location Is Key to 'Giant Cell Tumor' Coding
• Colon Cancer Screening: Steer Clear of 82272 or Lose Medicare Pay
• Don't Freeze Up Over Fewer Cryopreservation Choices
• ICD-9 Update: Brace Yourself for a Plethora of new Pap Test Codes
• Don’t Get Caught Using 2008 ‘Benign’ and ‘Malignant’ Codes for Carcinoid Tumors
• 4 Steps Ensure Proper Pay for Heart Screening Test
• Ramp Up Your Multiplex Amplification Coding With These Tips
• CMS Regulatory Update: Zero In On Correct ‘Date of Service’
• 5 Steps Net Surgical Consult Pay -- Every Time

Pediatric

• Snag Summer Tick-Related Case Dxs With Insect Fast Facts
• Stop Mixing Up Critical Care Services By Answering These Questions
• Bust 4 Myths That Could Sink Your Critical Care Services Payments
• No Code for Camp Exam? Here’s How You Handle Pay
• Gather Solid Modifier 25, 59 Info Before Reporting to CIGNA
  
• Find Out if Prolonged or High-Level E/M Represents Your Work for Asthma
• Capture Giving Vaccinations Without Charging Products
• Match Lesion Destruction Diagnosis and Procedure Codes Like a Pro With This Cheat Sheet
• Support Higher-Level Family Counseling Sessions Using 7 V Codes
• 5 Answers Capture Suture Removal and Related Work
• Report Only Legitimate 96110s to Preserve Code's Integrity
• Check Destruction Method Before Assuming 17110
• Give Your Newborn Coding Skills a Check Up With 2 Scenarios
• Bust Well Check-Related Bundles Using Improved Appeals Packet
• Sort Out Your ADHD Follow-Up Options to Capture Visit Pay
• Rejoice in Pay Boost for Vaccine Administration in 2009
• Get Out a Red Pen to Revise Delivery Room Mgt Instruction
• Avoid Negative 90772 Attention
• CPT 2009: 4 Pointers Help You Find Relocated Newborn, Pediatric Care Codes
• Weigh Dollars Vaccine, Tobacco Counseling Options Can Deliver
• Try 4 Strategies to Score 100 on Sports Physical
• Bust the AM, PM Nebulizer Treatment, Training Myth
• Circle 'Moderate' When MD Weighs Medication Risk
• Collect on Counseling, Calls by Using Waiver Basics
• Avoid 99173 Bundles by Offering Readily Paid VEP Vision Testing
• Put Your 99477 Payment on the Proper Path By Sticking to These Guidelines
• Get the Inside Scoop on Selecting Time-Based E/M
• Ease Well-Visit Coding With V20.2 Across the Board
• ICD-9 Update: Change Plantaris Wart Code for Specific ID
• ICD-9 Update: Prepare to Expand Fever Diagnosis So Fall Claims Will Sail Through With Ease
• Capture All ‘Bright Futures’ Services Using This Step-by-Step Guide
• Limit Lead Poisoning Diagnosis to Positive Test -- or Risk Fraud Charges
• Stop Hunting for HPI Rule With Inside Info
• Steer Clear of Screening and Well-Check Modifier Mishap
• Break Down Fracture Care to Get Paid for Your Piece of the Pie
• Ask 4 Questions to Spot Significant, Separate Service

Physical Medicine & Rehab

• Gear Up for 2009 With This Medicare Fee Schedule Final Rule Analysis
• Heads Up: Swallowing Codes Take a Huge Cut
• Brace for Reimbursement Cuts, Therapy Caps With No Exceptions
• Inappropriate Referrals Throwing Other POCs for a Loop?
• Forget Your John Hancock and You Could Be Out Thousands
• 3 Steps for Correct Coding of Sleep Study, Polysomnography
• Turn Over a New Leaf With a Consumer-Friendly Approach

Pulmonology

• Forge Ahead on Allergy Management With These Concurrent Care Tips
  
• Claim Your Share of the Sleep Study Pie With This CMS Policy Rundown
  
• Protect Your Sleep Study Pay by Minding These Documentation Essentials
• Sail Through Multiple Endoscopy Coding Hurdles with this Surefire Advice
• Advise Smokers to Quit to Score Preventive Points
• Prevent Shot, Hydration, IVIG Code Denials With This Guide
• Get Paid More When Patients Require Prolonged Care
• Stick With 76499 for ENB Planning Stage
• Navigate Transfer-of-Care Waters With This Guide
• Know When to Code for Pre-Op Consult
• Combat Potential Payer Denials From E/M, Scope Sections
• Test Your Review-of-Systems (ROS) Knowledge
• Watch the 'Unlisted' Code for ENB
• Check for 2 Crucial Details to Land the Correct Thoracentesis Code
• Track Locum Tenens Billing Carefully or Face Audits
• Align Your CPAP Diagnoses and Diagnostic Test Requirements With CMS's New Ways
• Prove Patient’s Asthmatic Status When Reporting Xolair
• Count Hours to Arrive at Proper Observation Code Choice
• Time Makes the Difference on Multi-Substance Infusion Claims
• Prepare for Tumor, Effusion, Pneumonia Diagnoses Switches
• 3 Steps for Correct Coding of Sleep Study, Pulmonology
• Report Asthma Education Using These 3 Codes

Radiology

• Tackle 3 Breast and Ortho Imaging Code Changes for Oct. 1 Claims
• Spot Lung Scan Documentation Clues With Helpful Chart
• Find the Interventional Highlights Among 304,000 New Edits
• Prevent 'Duplicate' Denials With Modifier 59 and 76 Know-How
• Know Your Bone-Scan Code Pairs
• Meet These 93922, 93923 Must-Haves or Risk Repaying $186
• Master 3 Key Changes Before Reporting 2009 PET or Stress Tests
• Master GI-Tube Coding With 3 Real Cases
• Fix Your Sights on 5 Can't-Miss Radiology 2009 CPT Changes
• Steer Clear of 72275 Unless You Meet These Requirements
• Sharpen Your Component Coding Skills With This Case Study
• Sidestep These 3 X-Ray Scenario Pitfalls
• Learn These Secrets to Separate Aspiration and Biopsy
• 1 Hospital Rule Every Radiology Practice Must Know
• Tackle 3 Tough MRI Questions With These Expert Insights
• Stop Shortchanging Yourself on CTA Claims
• Overlook This Breast MRI Rule and Count on Denials
• Combat SPECT Coding Missteps With This Case Study
• Capture an Extra $86 for Fluoro With Epidural Steroid Injection

Urology

• Avoid Losing Up to $125 in Vasectomy-Related Payment With This 4-Step Coding Process
• Screen PSA Documentation to See When Claims Deserve a G Code
• Solidify PSA Documentation With a Code-Focused Order
• Keep Consult Requirements Straight With 5 Basics
• Chart a Clear Course for Selecting the Best Incontinence Surgery Code
• Update Your TURP Coding With This Handy Chart
• Is This Biopsy Mistake Costing Your Practice Hundreds?
• Capture Orchiopexy and Hernia Repair Pay With This Chart
• Let This Self-Audit Checklist Be Your Guide
• Ease the Burden of CCI 2009 Round 1 By Learning These 3 Themes
• Support Cyberknife Claims With This Explanatory Letter
• Let Patients Know Your No-Show Policy Up-Front With These Tools
• Clip and Save: Find Out Your Rights Before You Sign a Payer's Dotted Line
• Capture Every Step of Voiding Trials to Ensure Top-Notch Reimbursement
• Overcome Penile Prosthesis Exchange Hitch With This Rule
• Toss the 'Once in a Lifetime' TURP Rule Out the Window
• Get Ready for Saturation Biopsy Coding Changes
• Cut Through the Bladder Tumor Removal Coding Confusion
• Start Breaking the 52352/52353 Bundle and Collect An Additional $393 for Physician Work
• Choose 61793 for Cyberknife Despite Denials in Most Cases
• Learn to Spot What You May Be Missing When You Report Cystoprostatectomies
• Ensure Your Robotic-Assist Coding Is Living Up to Its Potential
• Unlock the Secrets of Unlisted Procedure Coding in 4 Steps
• Test Your Know-How of Stricture Dilation Codes With a Case Study
• ICD-9 Update: Don't Delay: Scratch 599.7 Off Your Diagnosis List for Good
• On the Cutting Edge: Stimulate Your PTNS Claims With 3 Expert Tips
• Solidify Postsurgical Coding With 4 Expert Tips
• Simplify Instillation Service Coding With 3 Expert Tips
• Diagnosis Update: Reporting 599.7 for Hematuria? Not Anymore
• Use This Comprehensive Guide to Master TURP Coding Once and For All
• Capture Urine Culture Payment With These Coding Do's

Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)

• 3 Tips Provide a Guide to Help You Design Your Internal E/M Guidelines
• Shave Skin Lesion Confusion: Excision Codes Aren’t the Only Answer
• Define ‘Emergency’ -- When To Use QC +99140
• Nail Down the Appropriate Diabetes Dx Every Time
• Look for a Separate Location or Session Before You Append 59
• 4 Tips Help You Take the Pain Out of Hemorrhoid Procedure Claims

Anesthesia & Pain Management

• Bust 3 CS Catheter Myths to Skip the Wrong Code
• 7 Steps to Selecting the Correct Anesthesia Code
• Check Patient’s Condition & Docs to Support Endoscopy Anesthesia Coverage
• Save Time Coding Facet Injections With This Coding Tool
• Keep Chronic Pain Denial at Bay With Surefire Dx Tips
• Use These 3 Easy Tips for Headache-Related Nerve Blocks
• Avoid OIG's Glare By Coding Facet Joint Injections Correctly
• CPT Introduces New Anesthesia Codes
• How to Obtain Reimbursement for Unlisted Procedures
• Don't Automatically Cross Off Qualifying Circumstance Claims
• Bust This 00670 Myth or Risk Losing Your Hard-Earned Reimbursement Dollars
• Gear Up Your Math Skills to Code Anesthesia for Burns Correctly
• Stop Diagnosis Denials at the Door With Our Easy Checklist
• Knowing What IPM Specialists Do Is Half Your Coding Battle
• Study These Expert ESI Tips Before You File Your Next Claim
• What You Don’t Know Could Save Your Post-Op Femoral Block Coding
  
• Ace Matching Modifiers to Procedures for Claim Success
• Keep It Together When Coding Incomplete Medical Direction
• Define 'Emergency' -- When to Use QC +99140
• Avoid Appeals for Pain Blocks With These 3 Tips

Billing

• Capitalize on Physicians' After-Hours Services
  
• Hold Patients Accountable for Missed Visits With These Tools
  
• Chart Your Way to Deidentified Patient Information
  
• Ask The Right Questions To Choose The Correct Diabetes Code Every Time
• Quickly Find The Right V Code
• Flub-Free Filing Every Time
• Checklist Gets You Clean Claims
• Unlock Dependent-Child Billing Questions With This Easy Key
• Suffering From Incorrect E/M Billing? Find Out Fast
• Set Up Your Red Flags Plan With These 6 Tips
• Still Using the Old ABN, NEMB Forms? Stop Now
• Document Accuracy Checklist
• Use Checklist to Keep Track of That Data
• Navigate the Opt-Out Process With Ease
• 3 Steps That May Prevent an Appeal
• Use This Letter to Win Appeals on Your Modifier 25 Claim Denials
• Ensure Payers Correctly Apply Every Refund That You Send
• These 8 Services Are Not Part Of The Global Surgical Package
• Assess Revalidation Efforts in 12 Questions
• Simplify Your Place-of-Service Coding With This List
• Write Effective Business Letters Every Time — Here's How
• Overcome 'Forgot the Checkbook' Excuses With This Checklist
• Verify WC Eligibility With This Sample Form
• Decrease Your Outstanding Claim Percentage With a Set Follow-Up Policy
• 10 Pluses Justify the Hefty Cost of Implementing an EHR System
• Simplify Your Place-of-Service Coding With This List
• Fight Back Against Lost Pay on High-Cost Procedures
• Say Goodbye to 2+ Year Credentialing Period
• Ensure Payers Correctly Apply Every Refund That You Send
• Capture Every Insurance Detail With This Form
• Overcome Consolidated Billing Troubles With an SNF Contract
• Stop Chasing After 'Welcome to Medicare' Exam Deductibles
• Let 2 Questions Guide You on Deductible Collection
• Medicare Lowers 2009 New Conversion Factor to $36.0666
• Emergency Medicine, Infectious Disease Practices Benefit From New Fee Schedule
• Not Issuing Refunds? You May Be Asking for Trouble
• 3 Tips Help You Negotiate Your Way to Better Payer Contracts
• Mark Your Calendar: ICD-10 Could Hit in 2011
• Find Your Way Through the SNF Billing Maze
• Study These Expert ERISA Tips Before Filing Your Next Appeal
• Considering a Medicare Opt Out? Here's What You Need to Know
• Avoid Collections Hassles by Getting the Lowdown on HSAs
• Easily Evaluate Your Billing Procedures With Internal Audits
• Is Lack of Verification Costing Your Practice? Stop the Bleeding
• Increase Your ABN Know-How With These 5 Sample Scenarios
• Consider Collecting Up Front to Combat Increasing Deductibles
• Boost Efficiency and Speed Up Reimbursement With RTCA

Cardiology

• ICD-9 2010: Prepare for All-New Embolism Codes Coming Down the Pike
• Act Now to Get Hard-Earned 93296 Pay From CMS
• Do These Top-10 Denials Look Familiar? Check Your List
• Underlying Conditions, Too? Check Your Hypertension Codes
• Investigate Hypertension's Underlying Conditions
• Catch 2 New MCT Codes - And Say Goodbye to the Unlisted Hassle
• Doppler Echo Coding Gets a Facelift for 2009
• 3 Tips Clarify Your Top HPI, Chronic Conditions Questions
• Avert Cardiology Test Denials With This Medicare Coverage Round-Up
• Clear Up Your Claims by Comparing Combined Cath Versus Ablation Transseptal Heart Codes
• Nip Nuclear Med Troubles in the Bud With These RP Tips
• Coding At-Home Prothombin Time Tests? CMS Expands Coverage
• Satisfy 3 Factors for Stent After Failed Angioplasty, Atherectomy
• Put Your First- Second-Order Proficiency to This PV Case Study Test
• CCI Rescinds Controversial Policy Restricting Only One PV Intervention Per Vessel
• Simplify 24-Hour Cardiac Monitoring Coding By Zooming In on 2 Details
• Nix Nuclear Medicine Coding Mistakes Once and for All
• Split Professional, Technical Components Like a Master
• 3 Steps Correct Your Cardiac Rhythm Device Claims
  
• Simplify Stress Test Claims by Reviewing Indications and Documentation Hazards
• Eliminate EPS Errors With This Example
• Think You Can Get Away with 414.00 for CAD? Think Again
• Capture Same-Day Cardio, EP Consults With This Expert Advice

Emergency Medicine

• Know Wound Characteristics to Slash Multi-Laceration Repair Miscodes
• Double Your $$ When You Spot E/M and Burn Treatment on Same Claim
• Simple Laceration Repair or E/M? The Answer Could Cost Hundreds
• Shape Time-Saving Counseling Forms Using Online Resources
• Count Trigger Point Targets, Not Shots, and Ensure Coding Success
• Pay Special Attention to These Areas of Peds PE
• Explanations Ease Code Choice on Debridements
• Acronym Ensures Proper Wound Repair Documentation
• Know What Separates FBR From E/M or Lose $80 in Pay
• 5 Steps Ensure Your Observation Care Success
• Check Out These Observation Coding Do's and Don'ts
• Keep These Common Medical Terms Handy
• Get Pre-Removal Measurement to Maximize Excision Claims
• Spot E/M Evidence to Gain $130 When Ventilation Management Occurs
• Remember to Look for E/M Evidence on Cerumen Claims
• Spot 49080 Characteristics to Avoid Lavage Miscode
• Find Age-Related Risks to Possibly Up Pediatric E/M Level
• Recognize What Separates Pilonidal, Standard Cysts or Risk Rejection
• Detail Marks Successful Pediatric E/M Histories
• Leave $70 on the Table if You Fail to ID Complicated I&D
• Look for E/M Service on Your Fracture Claims, or Lose $$$
• Meet These Rules to Code for NPP Assisting MD on Shared Visit Encounters
• Know When to Combine -- and When to Separate -- Burns for Diagnosis Coding
• Use Instrumentation, Depth to Decide Laceration Repair Level
• Eye Area Matters When Coding FBR Encounters
• Fix Your Fracture Care Claims in 3 Simple Steps to Avoid Errant Code, Postop Overlap
• 4 Questions to Ask Before Choosing Debridement Codes

Family Practice

• Here's How to Code Outpatient-to-Inpatient Encounters
• Focus on Pre-Op E/M's Purpose to Keep Claims Correct
• Green-Light Higher-Paying FBR Procedure by Honing Your Incision Vocab
• Spot the Newborn Code You Need in a Snap
• 3 Steps Ethically Add $36 to This Excision Claim
• Get Out of Your Head When Reading Diagnoses Notes
• Follow 5 Do's to Unstick Injection Coding Errors
• Never Assign E/M Codes Based Solely on the Length of the Documentation, One Carrier Says
• 3 Tips Are Key to Deciphering 99213 From 99214
• Use Caution When Reporting 90846 for Family Counseling
• 3 Tips Ratchet Up Your FBR Pay
• Ensure Wart, Disruption Specificity by Taking Quick Quiz
• Skip Modifier 21 - Go Straight to 99354-99359
• Use 2 ICD-9 Tips to Get Paid for 95930 and E/M
• Mind Your G's and Q's, or Medicare Might Deny Well-Woman Exams
• Avert Foot Exam Denials in 1, 2, 3 Steps
• Simplify Well-Child Exam Coding With Single V Code
• Rectify Common Hypertension Coding Errors With Quick Quiz
• Use This E/M Guide to Stay Out of Auditor's Crosshairs
• Halt Knee-Related Injection Rejections With 3 Critical Details
• Clean Up Maternity Confirmatory Visit Claims With Quick Quiz
• Revert to 'Crossed-Out' for Your Inhalation Solution Drugs
• Avoid Undercoding ADD/ADHD Sessions by Using This Continuum
• Follow These Coding Do’s on Inhalation Service Claims
• Gain $8 per Visit by Recognizing All 69210 Coding Opportunities
• Use These Tips to Avoid an E/M Denial With 95115, 95117
• ICD-9 2009 Update: Focus on Headache Details to Master Diagnosis Subsets
• Gain $173 for Increased Newborn Care Work

Gastroenterology

• Have Your Endoscopy Codes At Your Fingertips
• Don't Wait for New CPT Codes; Maximize Virtual Colonoscopy Payment Now
• Stop Wasting Time Searching for Supervision Definitions
• Good ROS Documentation Today Helps Keep the Auditors Away
• Guarantee a Clean Multiple-Endoscopy Claim in 3 Simple Steps
• Prepare Now: CPT 2009 Offers Ammo for New ERCP Procedure
• Think Beyond Modifier 22 for Control-of-Bleeding Cases
• Need Help With H. Pylori Tests? Look to These 4 Coding Options
• Bolster Hemorrhoid Coding Accuracy Based on Location
• Here's Your Complete Guide to the Incomplete Colonoscopy
• Have Pregnant GI Patients? Find Out When OB Codes Are the Answer
• Gain $400 or More For 2 Easily Missed ERCP Components
• Capture Modifier 59 Opportunities With 2 Do's
• Let Key Phrases Steer Esophageal Impedance, Motility, and pH Test Codes
• E/M Note Must Stand On Its Own for Mod 25 Claims
• Focus on Modifier 52: When You Should -- and Shouldn't -- 'Reduce' Your Claim
• Verify 5 Facts Before Submitting Lower GI Endoscopy Claims
• Cross Out Rule-Out Diagnoses for Picture-Perfect Claims
• Focus on E/M: Draw the Line Between Referrals and Consultations
• Multiple EGDs? Pay Attention to Payer Guidelines and Code Order
• Overturn Arbitrary Gastro Edits With This Expert Advice

General Surgery

• Unlock Breast Reconstruction Secrets With This Mythbuster
• Checklist Eases Modifier 25 Claims
• Use These Guidelines to Safeguard Against Internet Attacks
• Lock Down Consultation Requests With This Form
• Choosing Between 19301 Plus 38500 Vs. 19302 Can Be as Simple as 1, 2, 3
• Go With the Flow to Make Your Modifier 59 Decisions Easier
• Make Sure These Errors Don't Cause Your PQRI Bonus to Tank
• Cut Away the Confusion of Lesion Excision Code Choices
• Keep Your Scope Coding All in the Family To Avoid Errors
• Identifying Base Codes Doesn't Have to Be Tedious
• Modifier 57 Alone Should Preclude the Need for 25
• Focus on Method to Ensure Proper Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Coding
• Master Internal Hemorrhoid Excision With 3 Coding Options
• Wake Up Your Reimbursement By Capturing Sedation Pay
• Here's the Quick Way to Find Out if the Patient Is Really New
• Celebrate the Addition of 6 New Lap Hernia Repair Codes
• OIG Rakes in $20.4 Billion Due to Errors, Fraud in FY 2008
• Take Note of Errors in CPT 2009, AMA Instructs
• Blast These Errors From Your 2009 ICD-9 Manual
• Start Your ICD-10 Assessment Process Now, CMS Experts Say
• Don't Expect Outrageous Transition Times to ICD-10
• Choose Either Nissen or Hernia Repair, Not Both
• New HCPCS Set Introduces Doripenem, Other Injection Codes
• Frequency Limits Aren't the Whole Story for Colonoscopy
• CPT Makes HPV Code Official; Radically Changes TURP Coding
• Master Thoracoscopy Coding in Just 3 Steps
• Enterectomy 101: Use This Step-by-Step Guide to Master Intestinal Resection Coding
• 1 Question Separates Ulcer Excision From Debridement
• That Re-Excision Could Be a Mastectomy: Here's How to Tell
• Make the Most of Colostomy Closures: Here's How
• Watch Your Dx. for Liver Bx. Success
• 'Lavage' May Be More Than You Think
• Look to Underlying Condition When Applying Modifier 58
• Master Terminology for Whip-Smart Whipple Claims
• Here's Your Wound 'Exploration' Explanation
• Modifier 25 Isn’t Always the Answer for Same-Day E/M
• Vascular Family Matters for Catheter Coding
• Cut to the Facts of Wound Repair: 5 Tips for Foolproof Reporting
• Don't Let Your PEG Coding Go Down the Tubes
• Meet 3 Requirements for Modifier 22 Success
• 5 Q&A’s Bolster Your Suture-Removal Savvy
• Shave Your Claims Mistakes: Not Every Removal Is an Excision

Internal Medicine

• Tips for Successful Pulmonary Diagnoses Coding
• Help Your Doc Code Dementia E/M Encounters for More Accurate Claims
• Maximize E/M Payment for Hepatitis Patients with MDM
• Boot 250.00 for Charcot Foot, Embrace Dual Dxs
• Auto-Bundle Procedures to Save Money in the Long Run
• Use This Incident-To Checklist to Breathe Easier During an Audit
• Look for More Info Before Marking UTI, HTN ICD-9 Codes
• Get Paid for IM, RD's MNT Involvement in 3 Easy Steps
• Capture 'Patient Limbo' Period With These Observation Coding Steps
• Follow This FAQ to Maximize 99291 Coding
• Break Down Outpatient ESRD Into These G-Code Mirroring Cat I Codes
• Chart Critical Care With This Checklist
• Participate in PQRI for Increased Bonus Payment
• Steer Your Incident - To Coding Using These 4 Questions
• Pay Attention to Preservatives, Payer on Flu Shots or Risk Denials
• Heed Medicare Clarification to Code Inpatient Prolonged Services Properly
• AMA Shuts Down 'Layer Closure' Repair Descriptor
• Use This FAQ to Nail Down NPP Critical Care Coding
• Expert Cheers Revisions to +99356, +99357
• This FAQ Gives You Unna Boot Ins and Outs
• Prove Patient Is Critical Before Coding 99291
• Use These HPI Tips to Clean Up Your Physician Documentation
• Avoid Denials by Separating Rules for Sequential, Concurrent Infusions
• Requester Separates Second Opinions From Consults
• Tally Your Risk the Way the Auditors Do
• Heed New Transmittal When Documenting, Compiling Critical Care Time
• Shared Visits Can Net 15% More on Some E/Ms
• Protect Incident-to Pay With This Added Phrase
• Make Pathology a Prime Issue When Choosing Excision Code
• Figure Frequency Into Your Colonoscopy Screening Coding -- or End Up With Denials
• 3 Steps Keep Your Diabetic Neuropathy Coding on the Up-and-Up
• Record Consult Request or Face Claim Denials

Neurology

• Report MS-Related Dysphagia With Specificity, No Unbundling
• Add This Checklist to Your HIPAA Toolkit to Boost Security
• Denial Woe: Bust 95900 Bundles By Employing 3 Tactics
• 4 Tips for Proper Peripheral Nerve Procedures Diagnosis Accuracy
• Overcome the Transcranial Doppler Testing Reimbursement Challenge
• Prep for 2009 CPT Changes to New Plantar Nerve Codes and More
• Stay Out of Medicare Trouble When Coding Consults
• Know Which Nerve Conduction Study Code Is Right for You
• Sleep Test or Polysomnography? How to Tell the Difference
• Get in Step With Facet Joint Coding to Avoid OIG Bull's-Eye
• Take Care Splitting EEG Into Pro and Tech Components to Fend off Denials
• Think 'Likely' Diagnosis Trumps Symptoms? Think Again
• Get Ready for New Stroke Code With Can't-Miss Insights
• Bone Up on Tysabri Infusion Coding With 3 Surefire Rules
• Success Story: EMGs Make the Difference in Billing NCS
• Here Comes Relief -- Get Ready for More Specific Migraine Coding
• Combat Common EEG Coding Pitfalls -- And Get Your Claims Paid
  
• Take Luck Out of the Botox Equation With These Surefire Strategies
• Get the Straight Answers on ENG and VNG Allowable Units
• Clarify Unlisted Procedure Codes in Your Claims
• Support BPPV Payer Processing With New AAN Guideline

Neurosurgery

• 4 Q&As Solve Your Admission, Subsequent Care Questions
• 5 Simple Steps Shore Up Your Shunting Placement, Revision, and Replacement Claims
• Sharpen Your Shunt Coding Skills With This Chart.
• Master Multiple Procedure Coding By Taking This Multi-Level Spinal Surgery Challenge
  
• Adhere to These Osteotomy, Laminectomy Edits
• Safeguard Your Spinal Instrumentation Claims by Busting These 5 Myths
• Total Disc Arthroplasties Gain Industry Acceptance With Regular CPT Codes
• Watch for Co-Surgery on Anterior Arthrodesis
• Use Caution When Device Maker Offers to Appeal for You
• Withstand Microsurgical Techniques Scrutiny by Following 3 Simple Steps
• 3 Final Steps Assure Successful Spinal Neurostimulator Coding
• One-Step-at-a-Time Ensures Successful Spinal Stimulation Claims
• If You're Treating 61793 as a Once-and-Done Code, You're Missing Out
• Answer 'Yes' 3 Times, Apply Modifier 78
• The Difference Between Nerve Block and Destruction May Be Greater Than You Think
• Distinguish Spinal '-ectomies' for Easy Coding: Here's How
  
• Capture All the Steps When Your Surgeon Uses Cranial Bone Flaps: Here's How
• Answer 3 Questions for Spinal Bone Grafts
• What Qualifies as 'More Extensive?' Find Out Now
• 3 Questions Reveal Your Ideal Arthrodesis Code

Obstetrics & Gynecology

• Focus on Approach to Overcome 4 Ovarian Cyst Removal Coding Myths
• Ace Modifier 22 Coding by Applying Expert Advice From 3 FAQs
• Stop Mixing Up Hysterectomy Codes by Highlighting Weight, Removal
• Bust These Delivery Coding Myths to Streamline Your Ob Claims
• Cut Down on Global Ob Coding Mistakes With This Checklist
• 3 Steps Take the Guesswork Out of Coding Vaginal Cuff Repairs
• Up Your E/M Dollars by as Much as $49 by Reassessing Risk Level
• 3 Mythbusters Overcome Your Urogynecology Bladder Scan Coding Troubles
• Your 1 Stop to Benign Ovarian Cyst Diagnosis Coding
• Reporting 59025? Find Out Who Payers Require to Mark the Baby's Movement
• Collect More for Extensive Adhesiolysis Using This Tool
• Tackle Flu Shot Coding With This Helpful Tool
• Perfect Vulvar Lesion Claims Can Be Yours When You Zero In on These 3 Details
• New Edition of CPT Overhauls Hydration Code Set
• 3 Steps Resolve Your Endometrial Cancer Questions
• Want Picture-Perfect 2009 Claims? Follow These New Vaginal Mesh, EUA Directions
• 3 Tips Make Bone Density Coding a Snap
• 5 Steps Cut 'Complicated' Out of Coding Ob-Gyn Op Notes
• Avoid Legal Dangers by Coding Sexual Assault Evidence
• Miscoding a Repeat Pap Smear Could Cost $40 per Patient
• Vamp Up Your V Code Usage by Vaporizing These Myths
• Simplify Your Tubal Ligation Codes By Focusing on 3 Details
• Calculate Patient's Fee Using Medicare's 'Carve Out' Rule
• Don't Miss Another ECC, LEEP, or Biopsy by Solving 3 Colposcopy Scenarios
• You Can Code Preventive and E/M Services on the Same Day
• Medicare Well Woman Exam No Longer Requires a Breast Exam
• 3 FAQs Obliterate Your Ob Global Package, Hospital, and Accident Coding Obstacles
• Untangle Pregnant Patient Transfer Coding Cases With This Advice
• 2 Scenarios Pinpoint the Perfect Preventive Med Counseling Code
• Ace Your Twin Delivery Claims With 4 Solutions to Your Toughest Questions
• Follow This 5th-Digit Advice to Clear Up Spontaneous, Induced Abortion Questions
• ICD-9 Update: Brace Yourself for an Explosion of New Vaginal, Anal Pap Smear Codes

Oncology

• ICD-9 Update: Take Your Oncology Coding Specificity Up a Notch With 7 2010 Changes
• Dig Into 2 Dosimetry Examples and Unlock Payment
• A Complex Planning Checklist
• Get a Grip on Stem-Cell Transplantation Codes
• Add Up MDM Points for Cleaner E/M Claims
• Stop Wasting Time Searching for Status Indicator Definitions
• New ABN Implementation Is Coming: Are You Ready for Supply or Test Changes?
• You'll Have to Stop Coding G0332; Feds End Stopgap IVIG Funding
• Watch for Changes in High-Dose Brachytherapy Coding
• Do You Need to Change First-Listed Diagnosis for a Secondary Cancer Site?
• Split Radiation Procedures Into Pro, Tech Without Denials
• Eliminate E/M Upcoding to Avoid Undue Audit Attention
• Take Your Leukemia Diagnosis Coding to Even Higher Levels -- Here's How
• Look Out for 3D Positional Tracking Code
• Ace Neoplasm Diagnoses in Just 4 Steps
• Prevent Drug Waste From Shrinking Your Bottom Line - Here's How
• Claim Every Billable Consult and Boost Your Bottom Line
• Money in the Bank: Earn More Than $900 per Brachytherapy Procedure
• 5 Tips Take Your ESA Coding Up a Notch
• Pump Up Payments With Optimum Prolonged IV Administration Coding
• Get Your 2009 ICD-9 Coding Down Pat to Avoid 209.xx Tumor Errors
• Master This Theratpeutic Phlebotomy Coding Conundrum
• Capture All the $$ You Deserve for Prostate Brachytherapy

Ophthalmology

• 10 Tips for 'Getting It Right' Every Time
• Prevent Uni-Bi Reporting Errors With This Expert Insight
• Prepare to See $24 Less for ICG Angiography, $10 Less for A- and B-Scans
• Choose the Right E/M or Eye Code to Optimize Reimbursement
• CPT Challenge: Are You Ready for These 3 Cataract Coding Scenarios? Test Yourself
• Read This Before Coding Your Next IOL Master or A-Scan
• Checking Method and Location Leads to Correct FBR Coding
• Reporting 1 Code for Bilateral Strabismus Surgery? Read This First
• Don't Make This Crucial Laser Treatment Coding Mistake

Optometry

• Keep These 2009 PQRI Eye Care Measures Handy
• 4 Scenarios Clear Up Your Multiple FB Questions
• Prove Medical Necessity for Fitting Contacts and Earn $65 Each Time
• Snap Up Your Rightful Fundus Photo Pay With Bundling, Dx Know-How
• Go Beyond Routine Coding for Extended Ophthalmoscopies

Orthopedics

• Pull the Plug on PRP Denials by Limiting When You Pick 86999 for PRP Injections
• Ace ASC Coding With These Global Period, Modifier Tips
• Complete Your ICD-9 Coding Picture with These Tips
• Look Before and After Rotator Cuff Repair or Risk Missing Arthroscopies
• 10 Steps to Submitting Error-Free Ortho Claims
• Get a Handle On Hand Surgery Claims By Fixating Finger Modifiers Onto CPT Codes
• Inclusion of 'Unilateral' to Pelvic Fx Repair Codes Could Add $685 to Your Bottom Line
• Take Note of Decompression, Tendon Transfer Revisions
• Streamline Slew of New Ortho Codes With These 5 Groupings
• Osteochondral Autograft or Allograft? This In-Depth Look Helps You Decide
• CCI 14.3 Changes How You Report Arthroplasty Plus Prosthesis Codes
• 3 Steps Steer You Clear of Excision Coding Snafus
• ‘Consult Plus’? Turn to These Examples for Coding Success
• Identify Key Differences When Billing SLAP Repairs
• Steer Clear of Traumatic Hip Dislocation's Hidden Traps
• Scope Out 5 Can't Miss Tips for ACL Coding
• Rise to the Wrist Fracture Coding Chellenge with This Case Study
  
• 5 Clues Help You Reap Hundreds of Dollars on Every 20692 Claim
• Ace Teaching-Physician Coding to Keep Deserved E/M Dollars
• Clean Up Your Collateral Ligament Claims -- Here's How
• Submit Clean ESI Claims Every Time - Including the Fluoro

Otolaryngology

• Epley Revisited: Just Because We Get a New Code Does not Always Mean We Get New Pay
• Know Your Magnifiers for Microscope Coding Success
• Spot Sinus Landmarks to Unravel Op Reports
• Be a Confident 95004-95028 Coder
• A Timesaving Tool Spotlights 92551-92557's Differences
• 2009 CCI Puts More Restrictions on Turbinate Procedure Co
• Master Microscope Codes to Bring a Possible $200 Boost
• Should Your Office Catch PQRI Fever?
• Route Test Pay to Your ENT Group in 3 Easy Steps
• CPT 2009 Sets New Code in Stone for Epley
• Bypass Septoplasty Global By Sidestepping Modifier Mishap
• Code 99070 When Encounter Meets 5 Requirements
• Net $330 More in Functional Nasal Surgery Pay When You Spot 2 Items
• Check Nerve, Time, Equipment Before Reporting Monitoring Combo
• Focus on Cyst Location to Reel In Proper Excision Pay
• 3 Answers Remove Roadblocks to CMS Audiology Compliance
• Focus on Provider, Nerve to Break Parotid/Mastoid-Monitoring Bundle
• Stop on Higher-Paying Scope Code Minus Laryngeal Exam Indication
• Escape Incident-To Repays With Authorizing Note
• Keep CMS Audiology Test Pay Rolling in With This Direct Coding Primer
• Preauthorize 30400-30450 to Ensure ENT Gets Paid
• Catch Often Missed Billable FESS Procedures Using 5 Tips
• Eliminate Pitfalls of Direct Vocal Cord Injection to Stop Endless Paperwork
• Get the Right OV-Consult Code Mix
• Clinch $80+ for Concha Bullosa Work With 4 Tactics

Pathology/Lab

• Zero In On Home Anticoagulation Monitoring
• Chart These Diagnostic Pap ABCs
• Match Pathology Report Keywords to Uterus Codes
• Put These Common Lab Modifiers in Your 'Coding Toolbox'
• There's More to CPT 2009 Than New Codes
• Get Ready to Use Medicare's Streamlined ABN
• Choose Only 1 Flow Cytometry Interpretation Code
• Get the Final Word on Physician-Signature Debate
• Did You Catch CMS's Unveiling of Medically Unlikely Edits?
• Sneak Preview: Get Ready for 2009 Laboratory Codes Now
• Master Breast Pathology Coding With These 4 Tips
• Location, Location, Location Is Key to 'Giant Cell Tumor' Coding
• Colon Cancer Screening: Steer Clear of 82272 or Lose Medicare Pay
• Don't Freeze Up Over Fewer Cryopreservation Choices
• ICD-9 Update: Brace Yourself for a Plethora of new Pap Test Codes
• Don’t Get Caught Using 2008 ‘Benign’ and ‘Malignant’ Codes for Carcinoid Tumors
• 4 Steps Ensure Proper Pay for Heart Screening Test
• Ramp Up Your Multiplex Amplification Coding With These Tips
• CMS Regulatory Update: Zero In On Correct ‘Date of Service’
• 5 Steps Net Surgical Consult Pay -- Every Time

Pediatric

• Snag Summer Tick-Related Case Dxs With Insect Fast Facts
• Stop Mixing Up Critical Care Services By Answering These Questions
• Bust 4 Myths That Could Sink Your Critical Care Services Payments
• No Code for Camp Exam? Here’s How You Handle Pay
• Gather Solid Modifier 25, 59 Info Before Reporting to CIGNA
  
• Find Out if Prolonged or High-Level E/M Represents Your Work for Asthma
• Capture Giving Vaccinations Without Charging Products
• Match Lesion Destruction Diagnosis and Procedure Codes Like a Pro With This Cheat Sheet
• Support Higher-Level Family Counseling Sessions Using 7 V Codes
• 5 Answers Capture Suture Removal and Related Work
• Report Only Legitimate 96110s to Preserve Code's Integrity
• Check Destruction Method Before Assuming 17110
• Give Your Newborn Coding Skills a Check Up With 2 Scenarios
• Bust Well Check-Related Bundles Using Improved Appeals Packet
• Sort Out Your ADHD Follow-Up Options to Capture Visit Pay
• Rejoice in Pay Boost for Vaccine Administration in 2009
• Get Out a Red Pen to Revise Delivery Room Mgt Instruction
• Avoid Negative 90772 Attention
• CPT 2009: 4 Pointers Help You Find Relocated Newborn, Pediatric Care Codes
• Weigh Dollars Vaccine, Tobacco Counseling Options Can Deliver
• Try 4 Strategies to Score 100 on Sports Physical
• Bust the AM, PM Nebulizer Treatment, Training Myth
• Circle 'Moderate' When MD Weighs Medication Risk
• Collect on Counseling, Calls by Using Waiver Basics
• Avoid 99173 Bundles by Offering Readily Paid VEP Vision Testing
• Put Your 99477 Payment on the Proper Path By Sticking to These Guidelines
• Get the Inside Scoop on Selecting Time-Based E/M
• Ease Well-Visit Coding With V20.2 Across the Board
• ICD-9 Update: Change Plantaris Wart Code for Specific ID
• ICD-9 Update: Prepare to Expand Fever Diagnosis So Fall Claims Will Sail Through With Ease
• Capture All ‘Bright Futures’ Services Using This Step-by-Step Guide
• Limit Lead Poisoning Diagnosis to Positive Test -- or Risk Fraud Charges
• Stop Hunting for HPI Rule With Inside Info
• Steer Clear of Screening and Well-Check Modifier Mishap
• Break Down Fracture Care to Get Paid for Your Piece of the Pie
• Ask 4 Questions to Spot Significant, Separate Service

Physical Medicine & Rehab

• Gear Up for 2009 With This Medicare Fee Schedule Final Rule Analysis
• Heads Up: Swallowing Codes Take a Huge Cut
• Brace for Reimbursement Cuts, Therapy Caps With No Exceptions
• Inappropriate Referrals Throwing Other POCs for a Loop?
• Forget Your John Hancock and You Could Be Out Thousands
• 3 Steps for Correct Coding of Sleep Study, Polysomnography
• Turn Over a New Leaf With a Consumer-Friendly Approach

Pulmonology

• Forge Ahead on Allergy Management With These Concurrent Care Tips
  
• Claim Your Share of the Sleep Study Pie With This CMS Policy Rundown
  
• Protect Your Sleep Study Pay by Minding These Documentation Essentials
• Sail Through Multiple Endoscopy Coding Hurdles with this Surefire Advice
• Advise Smokers to Quit to Score Preventive Points
• Prevent Shot, Hydration, IVIG Code Denials With This Guide
• Get Paid More When Patients Require Prolonged Care
• Stick With 76499 for ENB Planning Stage
• Navigate Transfer-of-Care Waters With This Guide
• Know When to Code for Pre-Op Consult
• Combat Potential Payer Denials From E/M, Scope Sections
• Test Your Review-of-Systems (ROS) Knowledge
• Watch the 'Unlisted' Code for ENB
• Check for 2 Crucial Details to Land the Correct Thoracentesis Code
• Track Locum Tenens Billing Carefully or Face Audits
• Align Your CPAP Diagnoses and Diagnostic Test Requirements With CMS's New Ways
• Prove Patient’s Asthmatic Status When Reporting Xolair
• Count Hours to Arrive at Proper Observation Code Choice
• Time Makes the Difference on Multi-Substance Infusion Claims
• Prepare for Tumor, Effusion, Pneumonia Diagnoses Switches
• 3 Steps for Correct Coding of Sleep Study, Pulmonology
• Report Asthma Education Using These 3 Codes

Radiology

• Tackle 3 Breast and Ortho Imaging Code Changes for Oct. 1 Claims
• Spot Lung Scan Documentation Clues With Helpful Chart
• Find the Interventional Highlights Among 304,000 New Edits
• Prevent 'Duplicate' Denials With Modifier 59 and 76 Know-How
• Know Your Bone-Scan Code Pairs
• Meet These 93922, 93923 Must-Haves or Risk Repaying $186
• Master 3 Key Changes Before Reporting 2009 PET or Stress Tests
• Master GI-Tube Coding With 3 Real Cases
• Fix Your Sights on 5 Can't-Miss Radiology 2009 CPT Changes
• Steer Clear of 72275 Unless You Meet These Requirements
• Sharpen Your Component Coding Skills With This Case Study
• Sidestep These 3 X-Ray Scenario Pitfalls
• Learn These Secrets to Separate Aspiration and Biopsy
• 1 Hospital Rule Every Radiology Practice Must Know
• Tackle 3 Tough MRI Questions With These Expert Insights
• Stop Shortchanging Yourself on CTA Claims
• Overlook This Breast MRI Rule and Count on Denials
• Combat SPECT Coding Missteps With This Case Study
• Capture an Extra $86 for Fluoro With Epidural Steroid Injection

Urology

• Avoid Losing Up to $125 in Vasectomy-Related Payment With This 4-Step Coding Process
• Screen PSA Documentation to See When Claims Deserve a G Code
• Solidify PSA Documentation With a Code-Focused Order
• Keep Consult Requirements Straight With 5 Basics
• Chart a Clear Course for Selecting the Best Incontinence Surgery Code
• Update Your TURP Coding With This Handy Chart
• Is This Biopsy Mistake Costing Your Practice Hundreds?
• Capture Orchiopexy and Hernia Repair Pay With This Chart
• Let This Self-Audit Checklist Be Your Guide
• Ease the Burden of CCI 2009 Round 1 By Learning These 3 Themes
• Support Cyberknife Claims With This Explanatory Letter
• Let Patients Know Your No-Show Policy Up-Front With These Tools
• Clip and Save: Find Out Your Rights Before You Sign a Payer's Dotted Line
• Capture Every Step of Voiding Trials to Ensure Top-Notch Reimbursement
• Overcome Penile Prosthesis Exchange Hitch With This Rule
• Toss the 'Once in a Lifetime' TURP Rule Out the Window
• Get Ready for Saturation Biopsy Coding Changes
• Cut Through the Bladder Tumor Removal Coding Confusion
• Start Breaking the 52352/52353 Bundle and Collect An Additional $393 for Physician Work
• Choose 61793 for Cyberknife Despite Denials in Most Cases
• Learn to Spot What You May Be Missing When You Report Cystoprostatectomies
• Ensure Your Robotic-Assist Coding Is Living Up to Its Potential
• Unlock the Secrets of Unlisted Procedure Coding in 4 Steps
• Test Your Know-How of Stricture Dilation Codes With a Case Study
• ICD-9 Update: Don't Delay: Scratch 599.7 Off Your Diagnosis List for Good
• On the Cutting Edge: Stimulate Your PTNS Claims With 3 Expert Tips
• Solidify Postsurgical Coding With 4 Expert Tips
• Simplify Instillation Service Coding With 3 Expert Tips
• Diagnosis Update: Reporting 599.7 for Hematuria? Not Anymore

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