General Surgery Coding Alert

You Be the Coder: Distinguish Internal/External Hemorrhoids
Reader Question: +44955 Requires Appendix Pathology
Reader Question: Remember 19102 Ancillary Services
Article CPT® 2012: 5 Tips for Large Tumor Excision Exemplify Skin Replacement Rules
Article CCI 18.1 Update: Skip Selective Catheter Placement with Vessel Repair
Article ICD-10 Delay: Anticipate 1 Extra Year for Your ICD-10 Implementation Schedule
Article ICD-10: 172 to C43, D03: Look for 2 Melanoma Families in ICD-10
Reader Question: 44208 Means Colostomy
Reader Question: Other Sources May Provide History

Article Pressure Ulcer: 1104X or 159XX: 4 Tips Focus Decubitus Ulcer Code Selection
Article Audits: Prepare Your Practice for 5 Common Audit Types
Article Enterolysis Coding: 44005 and 44180: Know When to Punt to Modifier 22
Article ICD-10: 2-Code Pressure Ulcer Becomes Just 1 for ICD-10
Reader Question: Check Out This ICD-10 Deadline Change
Reader Question: 3 Reasons to Wait for Dx
Reader Question: 49553, 49557: Reserve for Open Procedures
Reader Question: Skip HPI and Skip Your EM Pay
You Be the Coder: Look to Musculoskeletal Codes for Lipoma

Article Modifier Quiz: Test Your 58/78 Know-How With ‘Return to Surgery’ Scenarios
Article ICD-10: C50 Incorporates 174-175
Article Modifier Quiz: Check Your 58/78 Knowledge With These Scenario Answers
Article ICD-10: You Have More Time to Implement ICD-10, HHS Confirms
Article Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: You Won’t Face 27 Percent Medicare Cut for 2012
Reader Question: Unravel Consult vs. Observation E/M
Reader Question: Not All Family Earns ‘Family History’
Reader Question: Too Small for Intermediate Closure
Reader Question: Distinguish Non-Selective/Selective Peripheral Vascular Codes
Reader Question: 38740: Reserve for Separate Surgical Procedure
You Be the Coder: Second Dilation Yields Reduced Pay

Article ICD-10: Tap Z85.038 For Personal History of Colon Cancer
Article Modifiers: 3 Tips Distinguish 58 and 78 to Impact Your Bottom Line
Article Correct Coding Guidelines: CCI Policy Manual Restricts Coverage for Procedure + Imaging
Article HIPAA: With Audits Heating Up, Is Your Practice Ready?
Reader Question: Wait for Oct. 1, 2013 for ICD-10
Reader Question: +15777 vs. 49568 Depends on Purpose
Reader Question: Removal or Ablation Drives Code Choice
Reader Question: 569.81 Migrates to K63.2 for ICD-10
You Be the Coder: PT Paves the Way for Diagnostic Colonoscopy Pay

Article CCI 18.0: 15271-+15278 and Beyond: Navigate Edit Pairs to Optimize Pay
Article Catch Up Your Outpatient Edits to CCI 18.0
Article ICD-10: Await 6 Renal Tumor Diagnosis Codes in 2013
Article News brief: Expect 2-Month Medicare Payment Reprieve
Article CPT 2012: 37191-37193: Banish Unlisted Codes From Your IVC Filter Claims
Article +15777: Avoid New Biologic Implant Code With Hernia
Article CPT® 2012: Capture E/M Billing Opportunity for New Thoracoscopy Codes
Reader Question: Save ‘Uncertain’ Neoplasm for Specific Diagnosis
Reader Question: 99241-99255: Keep Consults When Possible
Reader Question: Decide Billing Order for Bilateral Procedures
Reader Question: Note Must Lead Diagnosis Selection
You Be the Coder: Depend on 78 for Bleeding Control Return

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