Artificial Intelligence can play a role in medical coding by reducing human coding errors, increasing efficiency, ensuring on-time claim submission and processing, and thus accelerating the revenue cycle. AI tools can also process a large amount of data quickly,...
Specialty Practices
What are the New Dental Billing Codes and Updates for 2023?
Every year, the American Dental Association (ADA) reviews and updates CDT codes to document services dentists provide. Dentistry is constantly evolving and annual updates to CDT codes provide a...
Glaucoma Coding Guidelines – A Common Diabetes-related Eye Disease
Regarded as one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness, glaucoma currently affects more than 3 million people in the United States. Reports from the National Eye Institute show that this...
How to Bill for Physical Therapy Telehealth Services in 2023
Many physical therapy centers began providing telehealth at the start of the COVID- 19 public health emergency (PHE). In 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) CMS added 11 new...
What are the Different Types of Malocclusions and their ICD-10 Codes?
Malocclusion or misalignment of the upper and lower teeth is a common dental condition. It is usually caused by a difference between jaw and tooth size or the size of the upper and lower jaws....
Coding Tooth Developmental Disorders with the Right Codes
Dental development or odontogenesis is a very complex process that begins even before birth. Both deciduous teeth (primary or baby teeth) and permanent teeth (secondary or adult teeth) undergo a...
Dental Billing Best Practices to Focus on
Dental insurance billing is one of the most critical operations for a dental office. A proper dental billing system is important to collect payments on time for dental services performed in a...
How to Appeal Chiropractic Claim Denials
Claim denials are one the most significant challenges faced by healthcare providers, including chiropractors. According to a July 2022 Kaiser Family Foundation report on CMS data about claims...
Medical Coding for Atrial Fibrillation – An Irregular Heart Rhythm Disorder
Atrial fibrillation (often called AFib or AF) refers to an irregular heart rhythm that occurs when the heart beats too slowly, too fast, or in an irregular way. Regarded as the most common clinical...
What Are the CDT Codes for Dental Bridge?
Dental bridge is a custom-made fixed appliance solution for connecting the gap between teeth. It is a popular dental restoration procedure for filling one or more missing teeth on either side of the...
Insurance Verification and Authorization in Pain Management
Chronic pain is a public health crisis in the United States, according to the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Studies estimate that 50 million adults in the country live with chronic pain, causing $80...