Four new CPT codes for principal care management services take effect January 1, 2022. Review documentation requirements and billing edits that will affect reporting of these new codes.
CMS recently released the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and OPPS final rules, revising E/M coding guidelines for split visit services, retaining Category 3 telehealth codes through 2023, and increasing monetary penalties for hospital price transparency noncompliance.
Read up on documentation requirements and CPT coding for psychiatric diagnostic evaluations and psychotherapy services. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently announced that it updated the CPT code set to include a new code for a booster dose of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.
Joe Rivet, Esq., CCS-P, CPC, CEMC, CPMA, CICA, CHRC, CHPC, CHEP, CHC, CACO, CAC, reviews findings from a recent Office of Inspector General audit of claims for neurostimulator implantation surgeries and their implications for coders.
Q: What are the reporting requirements for CPT code 99483 (assessment of and care planning for a patient with cognitive impairment) for cognitive assessment and care planning services?
Shelley C. Safian, PhD, RHIA, CCS-P, COC, CPC-I, breaks down ICD-10-CM and CPT coding for Meniere’s disease and perilymphatic fistulas—two conditions of the inner ear that affect hearing and balance.
Transcatheter arterial septostomy and transcatheter intracardiac shunt procedures are used to treat congenital cardiac diseases that restrict blood flow and atrial communication. Review documentation requirements and CPT coding for these minimally invasive surgeries. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
Between 2016 and 2017, CMS overpaid hospitals and other providers an estimated $636 million in unallowable Medicare payments associated with neurostimulator implantation surgeries, according to a recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report.
