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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. This time new CPT codes has been added for remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM), which will be totally new for medical coders. Proposed Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Coding and Coverage and Coding The remote therapeutic monitoring codes are described … Read more
Healthcare coding professionals should take note of changes issued by the American Medical Association (AMA) to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set for 2022. Some changes apply to administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. Eight codes in the series for COVID-19 vaccination were approved in the latest update. A tracker is available to help with coding based on vaccine brand and dose. … Read more
Below are the list of New ICD 10 codes added for 2022 ICD 10 codebook M54.50 Low back pain, unspecified M54.51 Vertebrogenic low back pain M54.59 Other low back pain R05.1 Acute cough R05.2 Subacute cough R05.3 Chronic cough R05.4 Cough syncope R05.8 Other specified cough S06.A Traumatic brain compression and herniation S06.A0 Traumatic brain … Read more
1. A patient receives two vaccines that are administered intramuscularly and two vaccines that are administered orally. The patient receives no counseling on the vaccines. Which codes should be used to report these services? A. 90471 x2, 90473 x2 B. 90471, +90472, 90473, +90474 C. 90471, +90472, +90474 x2 D. 90460, +90461 x3 2. A … Read more
Make sure claims and documentation support medical necessity. Healthcare providers have been given the go-ahead to provide an additional dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to certain patients. Here’s what you need to know for Medicare claims. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorization for both the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine … Read more
Deciding which code to use starts with determining each payer’s policy. The Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) has two principal subsystems, referred to as Level I and Level II. Knowing when to use HCPCS Level I codes versus HCPCS Level II codes can be confusing, mainly because many services are described by both code … Read more
Certified Professional Coder (CPC) is an exam conducted by AAPC. Professionals who want to pursue a career in Medical coding applies for CPC exam. Every month there are ‘n‘ numbers of professionals getting certified and I am one of them. Many of us who are already cleared CPC exam knows about how important it is? … Read more
Hopefully, everyone is using the new E/M codes without issue. CMS added two HCPCS codes to represent “additional” time for E/M services. These are important qualifiers, as medical necessity audits are likely to follow. The latest instructions from CMS on proper use of the G codes: “When the practitioner selects a visit level using time, the … Read more
Most of us always think that, to be a professional one should take a proper training, which obviously requires investing money. So, those who have money goes ahead and the ones who don’t ,choose a different option. I was into the same kind of situation when I choose medical coding as my career. I was … Read more
Question 2 Starting Jan. 1, 2021, CTBS provided by therapists (LCSW, clinical psychologists, PT, OT, SLP, and other NPPs who bill Medicare directly for their services) will be billed using which codes? A. G2061–G2063 B. 98970–98972 C. G2250 and G2251 D. G2010 and G2012 Question 3 Which of the following HCPCS Level II codes would … Read more