Measuring physician productivity with work Relative Value Units (RVUs) News flash! Physicians are more interested in medicine than coding. No doctor undertook the rigors of medical school in order to be an expert coder. But, when residency ends, some physicians will find themselves looking at employment contracts in which their compensation will be determined in […]
Archives for January 2018
Scoring MDM in an E/M Note
ARCHIVE The 1995/1997 Documentation Guidelines are gone beginning 1-1-2023. (Ding dong….) However, we will still need to use them when auditing notes from before 2023. This article does not apply to services performed after 1-1-2023. Question: I have a question about scoring MDM in an E/M note. One of our coders thinks that if there […]
What Does the Decision to Perform a Minor Procedure Really Mean?
This article is updated with CPT’s March 2023 document, “Reporting CPT® Modifier 25.” (citation at the end of the article). That CPT® article adds specificity to what is included in typical pre and post work, which will make it more difficult to report both a procedure and an E/M service for some encounters. According to […]
Coding Changes for 2018 | Webinar
Recorded February 15, 2018 This content has been removed as it is no longer current. Listen in on this high level overview of new CPT® and HCPCS codes for 2018! Every year, the AMA updates the CPT® code set and CMS updates the HCPCS code set. This year, some 2017 HCPCS codes were changed to […]