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Q#25: The Guidelines: How do I quickly figure out the answers in the CPC test when there are multiple codes? A: We’ve answered this before. Alicia: Yup. There’s YouTube videos on that. Laureen: Yup. If you go to our site …
Q: HCPCS after ICD-10-CM/PCS. This question came in and they wanted to know “Would the HCPCS be terminated after ICD-10 implementation comes into effect next year? I would highly appreciate some guidance. Thanks! – Kevin” CPT or HCPCS Medical Coding …
Let’s look at the medical term “Arthrocentesis”. By breaking up the term into two sections, we find that “arthros” stands for “joint” and “kentesis” means “puncture”. So what is Arthrocentesis? Medical Coding Arthrocentesis When a healthcare provider surgically punctures a …
Alright, coding for physicals. There was a question that had come in regarding V70.0 versus V72.3 and there’s another digit that would go with that. By the way, whenever you see that “x,” that’s what that means. That’s an optional …
This is CPT versus HCPCS codes. The question is, “During my internship, I’ve noticed that some CPT codes are reported to Medicare using a HCPCS code (often a G code). I assume ‘somewhere’ on the CMS site I can find …
So here comes a CPT question on repairs. This is from Linda. She said, “Hello. What is the correct CPT repair code for this? Is it a simple wound repair or 43870, or another code all together? What are the …