tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2001 Issue 1

HCFA Fee Schedule Provides Essential Coding Information

The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) modifies its fee schedule for physicians every year. The 2001 national fee schedule Relative Value File, which contains key information about how procedures can be modified to optimize reimbursement, is now available on the HCFA Web site, and may be one of the most important documents a general surgery coder can use. Many coders associate the HCFA fee schedule with RVUs [relative value units] and reimbursement for specific procedures. But this document contains information far more useful for general surgeons than RVUs, says Susan Callaway, CPC, CCS-P, an independent coding specialist and educator...

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