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The next question I was going to answer is on Pathology Consultation Coding. We had a student that was struggling with this question from our practice exam and it says: Q: “During surgery to remove a malignant neoplasm of laryngeal cartilages, …
Alicia:  Good, OK. This first question that we’re doing is on the 2015 G codes. Q: (2015 G-Codes) I was wondering if you are aware of Medicare not approving many of the new 2015 CPT codes? They will be continuing …
Alicia: ICD-10-CM Under Dosing Medical Coding – This is really interesting. There are certain things about ICD 10-CM that you need to be aware of so that you can assist your physician as the transition happens to say, “Hey! This …
Q: E/M for New Patient – For new patient physician visits, if the physician has not performed the 3 key elements, can I bill the visit as a new patient or can I use the time element? A: Again, you …
Alicia:    Back to Basics – This is something I’m really excited that we’re going to implement is this Back to Basics especially since we got so many new people and on credentials, they’re working on being coders or think they …
The other part of the story that we need to think about is “3 of 3” versus “2 of 3.” That’s very critical to getting the right levels. If you look here, it says, “which requires these three key components” …
Q #12: Are CEU’s available for ICD-10 mini? A: No. I don’t think they’re setup yet. I think that just got finished and we have to submit stuff and then has to come back after the approval and a bunch …
Q #8: Know that Medicare doesn’t recognize consultation codes, the AI modifier is used. My questions is, is it wrong for 2 physicians (one PCP, the other a specialist) to use the same code on the first day (initial visit)? …