Tag Archive | "E/M"
EM Coding Basics for the CPC Exam
Here’s a nuts-and-bolts guide to the E/M section in your CPT maual. If you’re a lab, pathology, or radiology coder, the evaluation and management questions may have you re-evaluating whether you want to take the test in the first place.…
Continue reading...Sharpen Your Time Based EM Coding Skills With This Tool
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Having trouble getting your physicians to document time correctly? Share this tool with them. If you missed Jennifer Godreau’s time-based EM coding webinar last week, don’t despair. Slides from her presentation are posted on the Internet and full of handy…
Continue reading...5 Documentation Tips for Time-Based E/M Codes
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Warning: Auditors are looking to collect paybacks for under-documented codes. One way to boost your coding career is to ethically maximize your practice’s revenue, and one place to look for cash is time-based E/M codes. Lowballing time-based E/M codes because…
Continue reading...Modifier 25 Checklist
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Watch out. Modifier 57 or 24 may actually be the code you should use. Checklists can help you code correctly and avoid audits, so here’s a checklist to help you with one of coding’s most problem-plagued topics: modifier 25. To…
Continue reading...10 Consult Coding Tips for 2010
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
How to navigate CPT’s 99241-99255 section in 2010. No doubt about it. One of the biggest coding challenges in 2010 will be how to code consults — or what used to be consults. Hospital inpatient visits will be especially tricky.…
Continue reading...E/M Coding Skill Sharpener: Hospital Observation Services
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
When reporting 99217-99220 & 99234-99236, follow 3 main rules. Lots of coders have questions about coding hospital observation services. You’re on your way to correct E/M coding if you follow these 3 rules. Rule 1. Report 99218-99220 with 99217 if the…
Continue reading...E/M Coding Education: ‘New’ vs. ‘Established’ Patients
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Choice the wrong fork in the road & you wind up in Incorrect Code Land When coding for evaluation & management services, it’s hard enough to verify place of service, discern components and select the correct level. But get the…
Continue reading...A Coder’s Reference Guide to E/M Terms
Monday, August 3, 2009
You’ll get through your claims quota faster if you know this jargon. When I first encountered the acronyms, abbreviations, and mumbo-jumbo jargon that come along with E/M coding, I felt like this ostrich must feel: Out of place and…
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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