Medical coding

CMS published its HCPCS Quarterly Update in March, which heralded the sum of 94 HCPCS Level II code additions, discontinuations, and definition revisions. The changes became effective April 1. 62 added codes…

CMS created 2 new service codes describing CHI services that auxiliary personnel, including community health workers (CHWs), may perform incidental to the professional services of a physician or other billing…

Begining Jan. 1, 2024, qualified healthcare providers can bill an add-on HCPCS Level II code to report the extra time, effort, and associated practice expense involved with caring for Medicare…

The first quarterly release of Coding Clinic focused on the changes and new codes effective April 1, 2024. If you wish to review the updated Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, they can be…

  Coding for Commode HCPCS or cpt code is quite confusing for coders since their are different variety of commode used by old age patients depending on their requirement. If…

Four new vaccine product codes and two new immune globulin codes were established in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) 2024 code set. This article provides an overview of these new…

Two new Category III codes (0811T, 0812T) were added to the CPT 2024 code set for reporting remote multi-day complex uroflowmetry services. Uroflowmetry is the measurement of urine flow during…

For the CPT 2024 code set, a new code (52284) was established in the Bladder subsection of the Urinary section to describe cystourethroscopy with mechanical urethral dilation and therapeutic drug…