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Navigating The 2021 Changes To Evaluation and Management Coding

03/30/2021

Sweeping changes took place this year for office and other outpatient evaluation and management coding. Here the author reviews the changes, pertinent documentation and how they may apply to your practice. Just when you thought you had...

Sweeping changes took place this...

03/30/2021

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One Ulcer, Two Surgical Dressings: Practical Considerations For Dispensing And Reimbursement

02/17/2021

Jeffrey D. Lehrman , DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA;

Dispensing surgical dressings for ulcers provides patients with the items they need without delay, improves adherence and can add significant profits to your practice. Some surgical dressings commonly dispensed by podiatrists include...

Dispensing surgical dressings...

02/17/2021

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Post-Op Global Period Changes From 90 To Zero Days For Common Digital Amputation Procedures

01/06/2021

Jeffrey D. Lehrman , DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA;

The new year has brought a significant change for the CPT® 28820 and 28825 global periods.

The new year has brought a...

01/06/2021

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New CPT Code For COVID-19-Related Practice Expenses

10/12/2020

Jeffrey D. Lehrman , DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA;

The American Medical Association recently released a new CPT® code, which accounts for additional practice expenses incurred during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). The intention of this code is to represent additional supplies and...

The American Medical Association...

10/12/2020

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Clarifying The Best Way To Satisfy Medicare’s ‘Date Last Seen’ Requirement

08/19/2020

Jeffrey D. Lehrman , DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA;

Most routine foot care coverage policies provide a list of qualifying systemic diagnoses. An asterisk accompanies some of the diagnoses on those lists. The asterisk indicates that the patient needs to have seen the provider who is treating or...

Most routine foot care coverage...

08/19/2020

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Your E/M Coding In 2021: Are You Ready for A Radical Change?

07/07/2020

Barbara J. Aung , DPM, CWS, FAPWHc, CPMA;

Evaluation and management (E/M) codes are commonly reported codes in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) manual. It is likely that most clinicians currently use the 1995 or 1997 documentation guidelines that contain many rules or...

Evaluation and management (E/M)...

07/07/2020

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A Guide To The Nuances Of Coding For ‘Observation’ Status Patients

06/24/2020

Jeffrey D. Lehrman , DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA;

Are “observation” patients inpatients? No. Medicare considers observation services to be outpatient services.1 Even though this is counterintuitive, we cannot assume that a patient who is in a hospital bed is in fact “admitted” to the...

Are “observation” patients...

06/24/2020

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