For decades, politicians have blamed the country’s biggest doctor lobby for some of the health care systems problems. Now it ...

Cataract surgery may be routine in the operating room, but it’s anything but simple when it comes to billing and coding. From understanding the 90‑day global period to applying the right modifiers for ...

Accurate medical coding is the backbone of a healthy revenue cycle. Small mistakes in ICD-10 or CPT coding can cause denials, slow cash flow, and harm compliance scores. By tightening documentation, ...

Gloria Miller, CPC, CPMA, CPPM, former vice president of reimbursement services at Comprehensive Healthcare Solutions Inc. shares which CPT codes to use. Q: What CPT codes and modifiers would be used ...

The American Medical Association released updates to its medical codes for 2022 with many tied to new technology services and the administration of COVID-19 vaccines. The AMA made 405 changes in the ...

Current Procedural Terminology, perhaps better known by its abbreviation “CPT,” is the coding system the medical field uses to document healthcare services during a procedure. This system is extensive ...

Cervical mapping is a separately identifiable service performed by a physician during a colposcopy examination. A version of this article was first published December 18, 2020, by HCPro's Revenue ...

The first of November we welcomed the publication of the CY 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, which clarified coding rules around cognitive function intervention. The same week we ...

The American Medical Association's (AMA's) 2020 update of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set — involving almost 400 code changes — reflects a continued expansion of medicine beyond the ...