According to Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS, a consultant specializing in ASC and hospital outpatient coding, billing, reimbursement and operations, when patients come in for arthroscopic shoulder surgery ...

28899, unlisted procedure, foot or toes 29999, unlisted procedure, arthroscopy Additional guidance from Zimmer Biomet, including CPT coding considerations for physicians, is available here.

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In 2016 Medicare introduced advance care planning Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes to reimburse clinicians for time spent providing the service. Despite recent increases, use of these ...

A new study suggests "upcoding" practices are growing across outpatient service lines. | The report, compiled by researchers at Trilliant Health, found that the share of visits that were coded at ...

HCPCS codes developed by CMS (the same organization that developed the CPT) and maintained by the AMA primarily correspond to services, procedures, and equipment not covered by the CPT codes.

8. Hammertoe repairs. Another common problem with orthopedic coding occurs with hammertoe repairs, Ms. Jones says. She says hammertoe repair CPT codes can be used for any technique used to repair a ...