Radiology Question for the Week of February 27, 2023
Bryan Nordley
February 27, 2023
What needs to be imaged and documented in order to report code 76641 for a complete breast ultrasound?
What needs to be imaged and documented in order to report code 76641 for a complete breast ultrasound?
When is continuous overnight oximetry considered investigational and not medically necessary?
What are the current options for the analysis of somatic cancers? Are there codes for RNA-only analysis?
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A landmark Supreme Court decision is a game-changer in this area. After my last segment on Monitor Mondays, several colleagues contacted me about a comment
It happens more often than you might expect. One topic I often speak about is patient notices. Don’t we all love them? We all know
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first writing in a three-part series by Dr. John Zelem about the unique and daunting challenges currently faced by rural
Two key efforts in this vein include leveraging an EHR system and developing a sound policy or procedure. When it comes to clinical documentation integrity
There appears to be an overlap of messages concerning the social drivers of health in the EMR. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Using this technology to create the discharge summary is that the output is only as good as the input. When I was a physician advisor,
What do codes 36836 and 36837 describe and what is the difference between the codes?
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