CPT 2010: Apply 36145’s Replacement Codes Correctly With These Tips   (December 8, 2009)

Reporting 75790 for AV shunt eval goes the way of the dodo.
If you’ve noticed a trend toward guidance-inclusive procedure codes, you’re right.
Along those lines, CPT 2010 adds AV shunt cath placement and angiography to that growing list.
Keep in mind: The code changes are effective Jan. 1, so take steps now to be sure you’re ready to apply the new codes from day one.
Watch Initial vs. Additional for Clean Claims
CPT 2010 ousts 2009 codes 36145 (Introduction [...]

CPT 2010: Follow 5 Do’s and Don’ts to Gain Almost $175 on Improved Bronchoscopy Technique Without Unbundling   (December 24, 2009)

This simple question equips you with the right new marker placement code.
Today’s bronchoscopy is light years away from your father’s bronchoscopy and CPT 2010 lets you reflect that change.
“Navigational bronchoscopy allows the physician to see what he’s doing more specifically,” explained Scott Manaker, MD, PhD, the American College of Chest Physicians (AACP/ATS) representative to the Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) in the “Pulmonary Medicine” session at the AMA CPT and RBRVS Annual Symposium in Chicago. [...]

CPT 2010 Update: Tally Up Common Audiology Code Groups Into Single Codes   (November 24, 2009)

Plus, add this new tympanometry code to your cache next year.
One of CPT 2010’s initiatives is to move several codes typically performed together into one code. Check out these new audiology testing codes and understand the rationale before Jan. 1 hits.
For instance, if your physician performs a vestibular evaluation in 2010, you will report new global code 92540 (Basic vestibular evaluation, includes spontaneous nystagmus test with eccentric gaze fixation nystagmus, with recording, positional nystagmus test, [...]

CPT 2010 Update:New Clarifications Polish Your Vaginal Graft,Fetal, Lab, and Reproductive Medicine Coding   (November 24, 2009)

Spare yourself headaches by heeding ?when performed’addition to fetal shunt code.
Jan. 1 is right around the corner, meaning ?tis the season for CPT 2010. You won’t have much to master – just three new codes and some clarifications – but is that really good news?
It’s a mixed bag, coders say. While you won’t be too hampered learning new codes for 2010, you also won’t have some of your lingering coding issues resolved. “I’m disappointed,” says Ann Moll, [...]

CPT 2010 Update: 3 New Codes, 2 Deletions Bring Big Changes to Your Urodynamics Coding   (November 16, 2009)

You stand to lose 50 percent of your urodynamics reimbursement – here’s why.
Urodynamics coding and reimbursement has long been a challenge for urology coders – and your job gets even harder on Jan. 1.
While CPT 2010 brings a record low number of coding changes, urology coding, unfortunately, doesn’t escape changes. In fact, your urodynamics coding – and income – will change drastically after the first of the year.
Get to Know 3 New Complex Cystometrogram Codes
You will have three new [...]