Observation Coding Management
There is nothing worse than finding different coding mistakes. One of the things that you can do in order to keep certain mistakes from showing up is keep your observation coding in check. Although you...
View ArticleQ Modifier Update
More Q Modifiers were updated recently, make sure that your staff is up to date on the currently preferred to be reported when the physician is performing foot care. Modifiers Q7 (One class A finding),...
View ArticleHow to Bill: POS Codes
For correct payment amount, accurate place of service codes are required. The failure to provide the correct place of service code with the correct current procedural terminology code for E/M services...
View ArticleHow to Bill: Facial and Dental Nerve Blocks
When you have a procedure that can cover two close but distinctly different areas such as a facial and a dental nerve block, you need to make sure that your claim encompasses exactly the procedure that...
View ArticleThe Q6 Modifier
Remember when medical billing used to be a simple affair of matching the procedure done with a couple of medical billing codes to describe what was done, attaching your documentation and then...
View ArticleHow to Bill: Colonoscopy
There has been growing confusion over exactly how to report the growing number of colonoscopies that become “diagnostic”. This procedure has become more and more commonplace and the debate continues....
View ArticleHow to Bill: Tissue Adhesives
One point that many medical billers find confusing is the correct procedure for coding the use of tissue adhesives when used for wound closures. The answer to this question will be different depending...
View ArticleHow to Bill: Parent Consultations
The world of pediatric medicine is fast paced and along with unpredictable kids come unpredictable medical billing situations. If you process medical billing for pediatric physicians, you may or may...
View ArticleTips on Locum Tenens
Locum tenens is a confusing situation in the case where a physician takes a vacation or otherwise isn’t available and hires a physician to see patients on site, Medicare can deny the claim unless it is...
View ArticleHow to Bill: Estrogen Withdrawal
Put yourself in this medical biller’s shoes and see if you would file this claim correctly. A patient that recently had a hysterectomy presented to the ED with symptoms needing treatment. The physician...
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