Medical coding

Basics of CPT code 96160 and 96160 A provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) established a Medicare Wellness Visit, which included a Health Risk…

Use of CPT code 99391, 99392, 99393, 99394, 99395 and 99396 Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine services are typically well-patient examinations for established patients presenting for reevaluations and/or management of overall…

Documentation and coding of complications In the MS-DRG system, many MS-DRGs require a secondary diagnosis that is classified as a complication/comorbidity (CC) or major complication/comorbidity (MCC). The Medicare definition of complication…

Normal native connections exist when the pathway of blood flow follows the expected course through the right and left heart chambers and great vessels (ie, superior vena cava [SVC]/inferior vena…

Basics of Otorhinolaryngologic Services Coding In otorhinolaryngology, auditory processing disorders are characterized by inefficient communication between the ears and the brain resulting in an inability to process the information heard.…

Basics of CPT code 33276, 33277, 33278, 33279, 33280, 33281, 33287, 33288 For the CPT 2024 code set, eight new codes (33276-33281, 33287, 33288) were established in the Heart and…

For the CPT 2024 code set, Category I code 75580 and two parenthetical notes were established to report a noninvasive estimate of coronary fractional flow reserve (FFR) derived from augmentative…

For the CPT 2024 code set, codes 64590 and 64595 were revised. Because both these codes are used to report programming of neurostimulators, similar to codes 95971 and 95972, it…

Today, I came across a scenario where three modifiers are used together which is very rare. So, I would like to share that scenario which will surely help to use…

CMS published its HCPCS Quarterly Update in March, which heralded the sum of 94 HCPCS Level II code additions, discontinuations, and definition revisions. The changes became effective April 1. 62 added codes…