Pain management practices face several unique medical billing challenges. Accurate billing and coding is essential for proper reimbursement and compliance, but can be challenging due to the complexity and specificity of the treatments. Outsourcing pain management...
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Actinic Keratosis – Coding, Billing and Clinical Information
In an era of value-based reimbursements, rising overheads, changing codes, and increased scrutiny of claims by health insurance companies, dermatology medical billing and coding has become quite...
ICD-10 Codes for Coding a Common Dental Condition – Hyperdontia
A common dental condition, hyperdontia causes excess number of teeth to grow in your mouth. Also known as supernumerary teeth, these extra teeth can appear in any of the curved areas (called dental...
Improve Chiropractic Billing Efficiency with Accurate E/M Coding
Every experienced chiropractic billing company knows that Evaluation & Management (E/M) codes are among the most important code sets used in chiropractic offices. Knowing the CPT guidelines for...
CMS Revises Rules for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) is a procedure for replacement of the aortic valve of the heart through the blood vessels. This...
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair – Report the Correct CPT Codes
Repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is one of the many procedures that a medical coding and billing company helps cardiovascular surgeons document, code and report. Aneurysms are the...
ICD-10 Codes for Coding Emphysema – A Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Emphysema is a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath. In people with emphysema, the air sacs (the inner walls of the lungs-alveoli) get damaged,...
Obstetrics Medical Billing and Coding – Important Considerations
With changing industry regulations, new codes and coding standards, and varying payer reimbursement rates and policies, all types of medical practices are facing increased workloads related to...
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) – Essentials of Diagnosis and Coding
It is estimated that approximately 300,000 children in the United States have some type of arthritis. The most common type of childhood arthritis is juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, now called...
Emergency Room ICD-10 Codes for Independence Day Mishaps
With the fourth of July just around the corner, Americans will be busy planning for a long weekend and finding ways to celebrate this year’s Independence Day. It is the perfect time to bring family...
Coding Osteoporotic Fractures – What Coders Should Know
Osteoporosis is a systemic condition, meaning that all bones of the musculoskeletal system are affected. As this disease is characterized by low bone mass with microarchitectural disruption and...