Anesthesia, patient well-being can clue you in to the best modifier choice.

When your urologist ends a procedure early, you know you need to append a modifier to the procedure code, but the challenge is deciding between modifier 52 or...

Examine Medicare’s coverage guidelines.

Question: My ob-gyn sees a patient who has breast implants or breast augmentation and orders a mammogram. Should I count the mammography as a screening or a diagnostic test?

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Answer: Implants and augmentation...

Understand testing process to see how codes work together.

If you don’t know “typing” from “crossmatch,” you’ll have a hard time picking the right code when your lab performs human leukocyte antigen (HLA) testing for transplant patients. Get a clear...

Keep this job aid nearby to keep your Hodgkin’s coding in the clear.

Speed your coding for ABVD chemotherapy coding with this handy summary of the codes most likely to appear on your claim.

But remember: Base your final code...

Find out what incident-to requirements you have to meet.

Question: Is there any circumstance in which a group can bill all services and all providers (including other physicians) under just the head doctor? I know we can bill NPP...