Changes with the 2012 CPT Manual have made an impact on coding for arthroscopic procedures, according to a report in AAOS Now. • CPT 29826 shouldn’t be reported with any procedure except those ...
A new edition of the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding handbook is scheduled for release in August. More than 800 new or revised diagnosis codes and 3,000 new or revised procedure codes have been ...
Clinical coding is a process by which descriptions of diseases, injuries or procedures are assigned a numeric or alphanumeric designation. Coding provides a mechanism for standardizing the recording ...
The following Q&A comes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website. Q: What codes should hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and physicians use to report astigmatism-correcting ...