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Navigating The 2021 Changes To Evaluation and Management Coding 
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03/30/2021

By Anthony Poggio, DPM

By Anthony Poggio, DPM
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 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
Podiatry Today
lehrman
Blog
02/17/2021
Jeffrey D. Lehrman DPM FASPS CPC
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 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
Podiatry Today
lehrman
Blog
01/06/2021
Jeffrey D. Lehrman DPM FASPS CPC
The new year has brought a significant change for the CPT® 28820 and 28825 global periods.
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
Podiatry Today
Blog
10/12/2020
Jeffrey D. Lehrman DPM FASPS CPC
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 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
Podiatry Today
Blog
08/19/2020
Jeffrey D. Lehrman DPM FASPS CPC
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 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
Podiatry Today
Blog
07/07/2020
Barbara Aung DPM
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) 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
Podiatry Today
Blog
06/24/2020
Jeffrey D. Lehrman DPM FASPS CPC
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 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
Podiatry Today
Pertinent Pearls In Coding For Wound Care Services
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01/16/2020
By Anthony Poggio, DPM
By Anthony Poggio, DPM
With the ongoing increase in available wound care products and services, this author discusses how to approach coding for these complex cases. 
With the ongoing increase in available wound care products and services, this author discusses how to approach coding for these complex cases. 
With the ongoing increase in...
01/16/2020
Podiatry Today