Medical coding

Introduction Nursing facility services A nursing facility is not a hospital but does have inpatient beds and a professional health care staff that provides health care to persons who do…

For patients receiving diagnostic services only during an encounter/visit, sequence first the diagnosis, condition, problem, or other reason for encounter/visit shown in the medical record to be chiefly responsible for…

Basics of CPT code 92622 & 92623 For the CPT 2024 code set, two new Category I codes (92622, 92623) have been established to report analysis, programming, and verification of…

In the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2023 code set, four Category III codes (0771T-0774T) were established to report virtual reality (VR) procedural dissociation services effective January 1, 2023. A new…

A new Category III code 0730T was established effective July 1, 2022, to report laser trabeculotomy, including optical coherence tomography (OCT) guidance. Although there are existing codes to report trabeculotomy…

For the CPT 2023 code set, four codes (78803, 78830-78832) were revised to further explain the use and intent of these codes. These revisions distinguish between a single area or…

Basics of CPT code 97533 In this procedure, the provider uses sensory integrative techniques in patients with established dysfunction of sensory processing, for example, children with autism, and brain injuries.…