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2019 January Items


TCI Content is now available!

January 30, 2019
We're pleased to announce the availability of 6 new content subscriptions on Find-A-Code. This content comes from the experts over at The Coding Institute (TCI). These include: Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement Part B Insider ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert General Surgery Coding Ale... Read More

NEW Find-A-Code Common Language Descriptions for ICD-10-CM

January 24, 2019 - By Brandon Leavitt
Have you seen our NEW Find-A-Code Common Language Descriptions for ICD-10-CM? These are a must have for coders with experience or those who are just starting. Code more accurately with our expanded description, created specifically for understanding the ICD-10-CM code set! Here is just one example.... Read More

How to Report Co-Surgeons Using Modifier 62

January 24, 2019 - By Aimee Wilcox, CPMA, CCS-P, CMHP, CST, MA, MT
Modifier 62 is appended to surgical claims to report the need for the skills of two surgeons (co-surgeons) to perform a procedure, with each surgeon performing a distinct part of the same procedure, during the same surgical session. An easy way to explain this is to visualize a patie... Read More

Nine New Codes for Fine Needle Aspirations (FNA)

January 24, 2019 - By Aimee Wilcox, CPMA, CCS-P, CMHP, CST, MA, MT
If your practice performs a lot of fine needle aspirations (FNA), you probably have the code options memorized (10021 without image guidance and 10022with image guidance). However, the 2019 CPT codes now include nine (9) new FNA codes (10004-10012), one deleted FNA code (10022) and one rev... Read More

Neo coding Q&A

January 24, 2019
Question: Hi I have a coding question hopefully you can help me with. Neonatologist was a birth of a very critical child, she billed 99468 and then it was decided to transfer the child to another facility, she also billed 99291 and 99292 x 3. Her time was denied, how should she have billed for the i... Read More

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