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Alicia: OK. We’re going to go ahead and jump in with our slides. The first one was pretty interesting. Q: She says, “I am just about to finish the Medical Billing and Coding training program at a local technology center. …
Laureen: Physician Services 99221 or 99281 Q: Hi! So if you are coding for the physician services only in the ED setting and the physician is NOT an employee of the hospital – he is independent of the hospital, and …
Q: Next question, stick & stuff medical codes. Now, this I know is a student because this is exactly how I teach it. I love it how they talk to me. The question is: For code 90636 “stuff” HepA & …
I have added additional claim problems for our readers, to present the types of denials medical practices deal with every day. Our priority as medical billers is to always transmit a CLEAN CLAIM for quick turnaround of money. The two …
Alicia: Modifiers OB and OA. This question actually was one that we had gotten not recently. I think it’s one that got left on a previous webinar. It’s very interesting. Q: Was doing a practice test and came across this …
I have always maintained that medical billers should know coding, and medical coders should understand medical billing. We become CPCs so that we can decipher medical records and code to the highest specificity, allowing billers to keypunch information into the …
Laureen: Q: Anesthesia Consultation. The question is: Pre-anesthesia consultation (i.e. referral by the surgeon to the anesthesiologist) prior to surgery, can someone explain to me the criteria for code selection 99241, 99242, 99243, 99244 or 99245? Because many times HPI …
Since July 2012, Suzanne has worked as a coding intern for Dr. Samuel W. Gehring, PSC – a Kentucky-based family medicine practice. While there, she has maintained knowledge of the evaluation and management process, while actively researching Local Coverage Determinations …