Part 1: 17 Changes Coming Your Way in CPT® 2017
A look at the CPT® 2017 pre-production file reveals that if you can get a grip on conscious sedation changes, you’ll master a massive chunk of the updates in one fell swoop. But the devil is in the...
View ArticleCPT® 2017: 5 Fast Facts to Master New Angioplasty Codes
Veteran vascular coders have watched CPT® change their coding options year after year from component codes (separating out each element of a procedure) into more comprehensive codes. One of the targets...
View ArticleStart the Countdown to 2017’s New Cardiology CPT® Codes
As Cardiology Coding Alert editor, I’m craving one last post about cardiology CPT® 2017 changes before we get to the implementation date of Jan. 1, 2017. The Big 2: Moderate Sedation and Angioplasty...
View ArticleMaster the Significant Revisions to 2011 Vascular Codes
Changes make it quicker and easier to code these complex procedures. By David Zielske, MD, CPC-H, CCIRC, CCC, CCS, RCC Dramatic coding changes for lower extremity endovascular revascularization have...
View ArticleBundling Rules You Can Take to the Radiologist
Consult guidance when coding these studies to ensure proper reporting. By Lori M. Shore, CPC, RCC Radiology has arguably had more than its share of bundling recently. Computed tomography (CT) scans of...
View ArticleAbsorb Radiology 101
Before you code, know its basics. By Brenda Edwards, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I, CEMC When it comes to procedure coding, radiology is a world of its own, unlike either evaluation and management (E/M) encounters...
View ArticleChanges Plus More Changes for Cardiology in 2013
By David B. Dunn, MD, FACS, CIRCC, CPC-H, CCC, CCVTC Part 1: Reporting coronary artery interventions is altered significantly. The new year brings major changes to the Cardiovascular System section in...
View ArticleCPT® 2016: Neuro-interventional Coding
Part 3: Understand the changes affecting neuro-interventional procedures. For 2016, the biggest CPT® coding changes affecting interventional radiology occur within the subspecialties of urinary,...
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