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Use CMS and LMRP Guidelines to Avoid PFT Coding Problems
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asupercoder: Although carriers regularly reject pulmonary function test (PFT) claims based on medical-necessity problems and Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) bundles, using CMS and local medical review policies (LMRP) guidance will help you ensure proper...
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In-Office Services Stand Up to Fee Cuts
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asupercoder: While in-facility urologists are losing money on cystoscopy and treatment procedures, in-office urologist fees have skyrocketed, increasing more than 150 percent and this isn't the only in-office advantage of its kind. Large increases in the...
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CCI 18.0: Learn Parathyroidectomy and Wound Edits
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asupercoder: Learn how CCI edits affect your wound, bronchoscopy, and parathyroidectomy services.
Coding Tactics: Ace Total Hip Replacement Reporting With These
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asupercoder: Correctly capturing all your orthopedist's hip replacement services can hinge on factors that you may oversee if you're not careful, for instance the principal reason for the replacement surgery and any infections or dislocations presented in...
Make certain You Can Bill the Patient Using 2 ABN Modifiers
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asupercoder: Nonetheless one aspect of dealing with Advance Beneficiary Notice of Non- Coverage (ABN) forms is now a little easier, thanks to two modifiers.
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Here Are the Injections That Top Your 2012 Changes List
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asupercoder: With the 2012 codes being valid, it would be important for you to know the new and the revised medical coding CPT codes to make sure that you report accurate and earn you're the payment you deserve.
Medical Supply Claims Need Appropriate Modifiers Application
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asupercoder: After a patient goes out from your office with crutches, your spontaneous response then might be to report a suitable HCPCS code, after thorough HCPCS code search, for instance E0110.
22520- 22522 Consists of Bone Biopsy, Says CPT® 2012
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asupercoder: A 2012 wording change takes along the code definitions for percutaneous vertebroplasty coherent with Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits.
Get Ahead on MPFS, MRI, and ABN Changes
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asupercoder: As if imaging practices didn't get sufficient bad news in 2011, CMS's payment proposals for 2012 show the situation could get even worse. Look out for the proposed fee schedule changes, as well as news for MRI and Advance Beneficiary Notices...
Modifier –PD One of the Biggest Changes of CPT 2012
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asupercoder: The CPT 2012 manual brought several CPT procedure code and modifier changes. But on top of all the changes, the big news was inception of modifier PD. It was introduced to designate services furnished to a Medicare beneficiary in the three days...
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Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
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asupercoder: Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the box below for the answer. Question: Our urologist just performed his first laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. I can't find a code that accurately...
CCI 8.3 Update: Edits Stress CMS Standard of Care
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asupercoder: The latest version of the national Correct Coding Initiative (CCI), effective Oct. 1 to Dec. 30, 2002, can be summed up as one small step for coders, one giant leap for CMS' standard of care. CMS reasons that once a
Vashikaran Mantra
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Codes to Avoid With 84153
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asupercoder: Beginning Nov. 25, don't be surprised when your PSA claims for Medicare patients get denied when you report any of the following ICD-9 codes with CPT 84153 (Prostate specific antigen [PSA]; total). They are not covered, according to CMS's...
The CPT 2003 Scoop:Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy Code Has Arrived
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asupercoder: CPT Codes 2003, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2003, brings significant additions to urology coding practice, including a long-awaited laparoscopic partial nephrectomy code. Not one, but two laparoscopic kidney procedure codes were added to...
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For Bladder-Tumor Removal Use Cystourethroscopy, Neoplasm
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asupercoder: Primary tumors of the prostate arise from cells within the prostate. A secondary prostate tumor develops in the prostate and spreads to another organ, such as the bladder. Secondary tumors will rarely appear in the bladder from prostate cancer,...
Understand Medical Necessity for Urodynamics Coding
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asupercoder: Now that Medicare is covering biofeedback and sacral nerve stimulation for incontinence, more urologists are performing the full range of urodynamics testing to gauge what, if any, treatment a patient needs. Setting up a urodynamics lab requires...
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You Be the Coder: Fat Pad Repair
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asupercoder: Test your coding knowledge.
Function Determines Code for Ureteral Stents or Catheters
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asupercoder: Although stents and ureteral catheters have a lot in common, differences in how urologists use them mean reporting different codes for their placement and removal.
You Be the Coder: Nephrectomy
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asupercoder: Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the box below for the answer. Question: How should we code for a patient who had an extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and needed a nephrectomy...
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