by Gail I. Smith, MA, RHIA, CCS-P I recently heard from a CPT coder who asked: “I am having trouble coding an appendectomy converted to open appendectomy with partial cecectomy. I am thinking you would use 44950-22. The 22 modifier captures the partial cecectomy. Am I correct?” We need to know more about the patient’s […]
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by Gail I. Smith, MA, RHIA, CCS-P I am fan of old movies. Every Christmas, I watch The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) that stars Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell. This little-known movie with a thin plot introduced the classic Christmas song “Silver Bells.” There is another song in the movie that reminds me of CPT. […]
read more »by Gail I. Smith, MA, RHIA, CCS-P CPT was first published in 1966. In 1966, healthcare was less complex and so was CPT. Let’s fast forward to 2019, we communicate faster and differently than 50 years ago. We now consume lots of information in short bites. Twitter expanded the limit of a tweet to 280 […]
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by David Zielske, MD, CIRCC, COC, CCVTC, CCC, CCS, RCC Question: WavelinQ System We have implanted a WavelinQ device but are not sure how to code this procedure. There is a supply C-code available, but we don’t know which CPT code to use. Answer: The WavelinQ is fairly new technology for creating an AV dialysis […]
read more »by Gail I. Smith, MA, RHIA, CCS-P Like many coding professionals, I work with CPT every day. I have accepted the fact that as a code set it is a bit messy and frustrating at times. The updates are often controlled by the individual medical societies and I am not sure any coding professionals are […]
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by Laurie M. Johnson, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA The chargemaster or charge description master (CDM) is an electronic tool or file that maintains all services, supplies, and medications to be charged during a patient visit. When this tool is combined with the facility’s Revenue and Usage Report, an analyst can determine what services are utilized. There […]
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by Kim Huey, MJ, CHC, CPC, CCS-P, PCS, CPCO, COC KGG Coding and Reimbursement Consulting, LLC I’m working with two different cardiovascular group practices right now – and they both have an incorrect understanding of coding diagnostic caths with an intervention. One practice ALWAYS codes the diagnostic with the intervention, and the other practice NEVER does. […]
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by Gail I. Smith, MA, RHIA, CCS-P When fall is in the air, the anticipation of new/revised CPT codes awaits. When I first opened the CPT 2019 code book, I glanced at the expansion of fine needle biopsy codes and then went on to peruse the range of skin biopsy codes based on technique. The […]
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by Sandy Macica, MS, RHIA, CCS While ICD-10-CM/PCS changes typically only come out once a year, the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) often releases codes and reimbursement changes on a quarterly basis. The HCPCS Quarterly Update for July 1, 2018 brought us some new C, G and other codes that are eligible for pass […]
read more »Libman Education is proud to offer ZHealth Publishing’s broad range of coding products to assist both the novice and the seasoned coder to become experts at coding and charging for complex procedures in Interventional Radiology, Interventional Cardiology, Vascular/Endovascular Surgery, and Diagnostic Radiology. Periodically, ZHealth Publishing experts offer general recommendations in response to specific customer […]
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