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In today’s healthcare landscape, medical practices work hard to deliver excellent patient care while also ensuring smooth financial operations. But even the most well-run practices can fall into ...

2. Under-utilization of -59: It’s not taboo. When the Medicare edits (NCCI) correct coding modifier indicator (i.e., 1) allows a modifier to indicate a “separate” and “distinct” procedure, users may ...

Q: In the use of modifier -33, it appears to me that all copays and deductibles associated with preventive A services (e.g., colorectal screening colonoscopy) including associated facility fees would ...

A transformation is underway in medical coding as automation permeates medical billing. It raises many questions, such as what kind of skill sets will be needed for this new generation of coding? Will ...