June 5, 2026
Event date June 11th, 2026
1 CEU expires 6/30/27
Guest presenter Kim Pollock
Join nationally recognized coding consultant Kim Pollock for a focused, high‑impact 60‑minute webinar designed to demystify one of the most challenging areas in spine procedure coding: accurately distinguishing laminectomy from discectomy and applying the correct CPT® codes with confidence.
In 2023, the AMA developed two new codes for removal of sutures or staples not requiring anesthesia. In years prior, we typically billed only an E/M service. These two new codes are add-on codes to E/M services. However, these codes have zero work RVUs assigned to them and have a very low payment. # + 15853 Removal of […]
In 2024, CPT® expanded its definition of split/shared services, CMS updated their requirements. Neither CMS nor CPT® made changes to this policy in 2025 or 2026. Split/shared services are evaluation and management services (E/M) services performed jointly between a physician and a non-physician practitioner (NPP), also called advanced practice nurses or physician assistants. CMS pays […]
Rcorded May 21st, 2026
1 CEU expires 5/30/27
Though the 2021/2023 changes to E/M coding eliminated much of the counting and confusion from the process of selecting an E/M level, Data scoring arguably became more complicated due to these changes, which has resulted in ongoing uncertainty as to when certain aspects of Data should be credited.
Nicoletti Notes April 2026 Published on April 14th, 2026 Let me start with two pieces of advice: Don’t post coding questions that will raise compliance eyebrows on message boards. Don’t respond to postings with capital letters or the word “fraud.” Here are the posts in question. The original post was deleted moments later, after the […]
The title makes it all clear, right? No? I didn’t think so. This article is an overview of CMS’s Ambulatory Specialty Model. CMS is implementing a mandatory, disease-specific reporting model beginning in the CY 2027, reporting due March 31, 2028. Who will be required to report? And for what conditions? Physicians who work in the […]
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