Improving Access to Specialists
New rule allows Medicaid and CHIP programs to pay specialists directly when a primary-care provider requests their advice. New guidance issued Jan. 5 by the
New rule allows Medicaid and CHIP programs to pay specialists directly when a primary-care provider requests their advice. New guidance issued Jan. 5 by the
What does new code 93569 detail and include?
What is the intent of the new 2023 code 0743T??
What code would be best to report when performing both concentration and enrichment of cytology specimens beyond a concentration technique alone?
When performing an inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction, will CMS pay for 94640 and 94644 if billed on the same
date of service for the same patient?
When it comes to reporting for intraperitoneal chemotherapy, how do we code for IV push of an anti-emetic agent when it is added to the treatment plan?
New deductibles and payment rates lead to new patient financial obligations for 2023. EDITOR’S NOTE: Listen to Dr. Ronald Hirsch’s live reporting Monday on Monitor
Do you have any tips for reporting code 92950?
An MRI scan of the brain and an MRI with perfusion imaging of the brain are ordered and performed, how would the MRI with perfusion imaging be coded? Would it be reported in addition to the diagnostic MRI of the brain?
If a patient has rheumatoid arthritis and comes in for a methotrexate injection, do we use the chemotherapy injection code?
Can we code MMA as an amino acid when reporting cytogenetic studies?
If the physician performs injections for guidance (i.e., “road-mapping”) during coronary interventions can we report 93454?
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